Broadly reactive polymerase chain reaction for pathogen detection in canine granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis and necrotizing meningoencephalitis
RM Barber, BF Porter, Q Li, M May… - Journal of veterinary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2012•Wiley Online Library
Background Granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis (GME) and necrotizing
meningoencephalitis (NME) are common inflammatory conditions of the central nervous
system of dogs. Infectious pathogens, particularly viruses, are suspected to contribute to the
etiopathogenesis of GME and NME. Hypothesis Broadly reactive PCR might aid in the
identification of infectious agents in GME and NME. Animals Sixty‐eight client‐owned dogs
evaluated by necropsy at 1 university referral hospital. Methods A mixed prospective …
meningoencephalitis (NME) are common inflammatory conditions of the central nervous
system of dogs. Infectious pathogens, particularly viruses, are suspected to contribute to the
etiopathogenesis of GME and NME. Hypothesis Broadly reactive PCR might aid in the
identification of infectious agents in GME and NME. Animals Sixty‐eight client‐owned dogs
evaluated by necropsy at 1 university referral hospital. Methods A mixed prospective …
Background
Granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis (GME) and necrotizing meningoencephalitis (NME) are common inflammatory conditions of the central nervous system of dogs. Infectious pathogens, particularly viruses, are suspected to contribute to the etiopathogenesis of GME and NME.
Hypothesis
Broadly reactive PCR might aid in the identification of infectious agents in GME and NME.
Animals
Sixty‐eight client‐owned dogs evaluated by necropsy at 1 university referral hospital.
Methods
A mixed prospective/retrospective case‐control study was performed. Brain tissue prospectively collected at necropsy from GME, NME, and control cases was evaluated by broadly reactive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for adenoviruses, bunyaviruses, coronaviruses, enteroviruses, flaviviruses, herpesviruses, paramyxoviruses, and parechoviruses. In addition, these tissues were retrospectively evaluated for the presence of mycoplasmas by PCR, culture, and immunohistochemistry (IHC).
Results
Brain tissue was collected from 11 GME and 27 NME cases and 30 controls. Viral nucleic acids were not identified in the 6 GME cases, 25 NME cases, and 2 controls evaluated by viral PCR. Mycoplasma canis was identified by Mycoplasma genus PCR in 1/5 GME and 4/25 NME cases and subsequently was cultured from 4/5 GME and 4/8 NME cases as well as 2/9 controls. The IHC did not detect M . canis in any of the 11 GME and 27 NME cases or 14 controls evaluated with strain PG14 polyclonal antiserum.
Conclusions and Clinical Importance
The negative results suggest that viral pathogens are not common in the brain tissue of dogs with GME and NME. Further investigation is warranted to determine the importance of M . canis in cases of GME and NME.
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