Lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis associated with bacterial overgrowth in a dog
Rutgers, H.C.; Batt, R.M.; Kelly, D.F.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 192(12): 1739-1742
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 3410791 Document Number: 322328
Lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis, associated with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, was diagnosed in a 3.5-year-old German Shepherd Dog with chronic intermittent diarrhoea, using bacteriological culture of duodenal juice and histological examination of jejunal biopsy specimens. Oral administration of oxytetracycline alone resulted in clinical improvement and a marked decrease in the jejunal mononuclear cell infiltrate. Additional treatment with prednisolone administered orally resulted in almost complete clinical and histological recovery. The authors concluded that this case illustrates that small intestinal bacterial over-growth may have to be considered as an underlying cause of lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis in the dog and that antibiotic treatment may be necessary to attain remission.