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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2026

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype III in a dog with recurrent fever and panniculitis coinfected with Babesia odocoilei-like sp.

Alexandra Daravigka, Nektarios Soubasis, Panagiotis Ygeionomakis, Mathios E Mylonakis, Manolis N Saridomichelakis, Rania Farmaki, Alexandros O Konstantinidis, Alexander Civello, Panagiotis Bourdekas, Dimitra Pardali and 3 more

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Alexandra DaravigkaCompanion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54627, Greece.ORCID 0009-0006-9551-3619
Nektarios SoubasisCompanion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54627, Greece.
Panagiotis YgeionomakisCompanion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54627, Greece.
Mathios E MylonakisCompanion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54627, Greece.
Manolis N SaridomichelakisClinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Trikalon Str. 224, Karditsa GR-43132, Greece.
Rania FarmakiDiagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54627, Greece.
Alexandros O KonstantinidisCompanion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54627, Greece.
Alexander CivelloVeterinary Pathology Group Histology, Bristol BS7 0BJ, United Kingdom.
Panagiotis BourdekasPrivate Practitioner, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitra PardaliDiagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54627, Greece.
Emily KingstonIntracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, United States.
Ricardo G MaggiIntracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, United States.
Edward B BreitschwerdtIntracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, United States.

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Abstract

A 2-year-old, spayed female, mixed breed dog presented for evaluation of recurrent febrile episodes over 5 months, intermittently accompanied by the development of SC nodules. Histopathologic examination of the SC lesions was indicative of panniculitis. Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype III DNA was amplified and sequenced from an excised SC nodule. Indirect immunofluorescence antibody titer was 1:64, whereas Bartonella blood PCR was negative. Babesia odocoilei-like species DNA was amplified and sequenced from 2 blood samples obtained 77 days apart at the time of febrile episodes. Treatment with doxycycline, enrofloxacin, and azithromycin for 6 months resulted in a favorable clinical outcome. Fifteen months later, the dog remained healthy. This case indicates that relapsing fever and panniculitis are possible manifestations of B vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype III infection in dogs. To the best of the authors' knowledge, infection with a B odocoilei-like species has not been reported previously in dogs from Greece.

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BabesiosisBartonellaBartonella InfectionsDog DiseasesFeverPanniculitisAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAzithromycinBabesiaCoinfectionDogsDoxycyclineEnrofloxacinFemaleGenotypeAnti-Bacterial AgentsAzithromycinDoxycyclineEnrofloxacinbabesiosisbartonellosiscaninecoinfectionsinfectious diseases

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