An Emerging Pulmonary Haemorrhagic Syndrome in Dogs: Similar to the Human Leptospiral Pulmonary Haemorrhagic Syndrome?

Table 1

Clinical and laboratory findings, PCR and immunohistochemical detection of Leptospira spp. in 15 dogs with acute pulmonary haemorrhage syndrome.

Animal	Azotemia/increased hepatic enzymes	Thrombocytopenia	MAT [20]	Leptospira detection by PCR [20]	Leptospira detection by IHC (lung, liver, kidney)
Animals with a clinical diagnosis of leptospirosis [20]
1	+/+	+	−	Urine	−
2	+/+	+	−	Blood	−
3	+/+	+	−	Urine, blood	−
4	+/+	+	+	-	−
5	+/+	+	−	Urine, blood	−
6	+/+	+	−	Urine, blood, lung	−
Animals without a clinical diagnosis of leptospirosis
7	+/+	+	−	−	−
8	n.t.	n.t.	n.t.	Lung, kidney	−
9	n.t.	n.t.	n.t.	−	−
10	n.t.	n.t.	n.t.	Lung, kidney	−
11	n.t.	n.t.	n.t.	−	−
12	n.t.	n.t.	n.t.	−	−
13	n.t.	n.t.	n.t.	−	−
14	n.t.	n.t.	n.t.	−	−
15	n.t.	n.t.	n.t.	−	−

n.t.: Not tested.
MAT titers of >1 : 800 were considered positive.