Use of serum C-reactive protein as an early marker of inflammatory activity in canine type II immune-mediated polyarthritis: case report

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  • Mads Kjelgaard-Hansen
  • Asger Lundorff Jensen
  • Geoffrey A Houser
  • Lisbeth Rem Jessen
  • Annemarie T Kristensen
چکیده

BACKGROUND Monitoring systemic inflammatory activity during steroid therapy of canine immune-mediated polyarthritis (IMPA) is difficult and mainly relies on clinical signs. CASE PRESENTATION Canine serum C-reactive protein (CRP) was measured serially and blinded during a 27-week follow-up period of a case of Anaplasma phagocytophilia induced type II immune-mediated polyarthritis. CONCLUSION WBC was, as expected, observed not to reflect the inflammatory activity during steroid treatment in a clinical useful manner, whereas, CRP is suggested a valuable unbiased marker of inflammatory activity during steroid treatment in this case.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

دوره 48  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006