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Bacteremia and Bacterial Translocation in the Naturally Occurring Canine Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus Patient

From the Carolina Veterinary Specialists (Winkler), 12117 Statesville Road, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078 and the Departments of Veterinary Clinical Medicine (Greenfield) and Veterinary Bioscience (Schaeffer), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 1008 Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, Illinois 61802.

This prospective study was performed to determine the prevalence of bacteremia in the naturally occurring gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) patient, the possible relationship between bacteremia and survival, and whether bacteremia was a result of translocation from the stomach. Blood cultures were collected from each patient. Bacterial cultures were collected from the liver, mesenteric lymph node, and stomach. Forty-three percent of the GDV cases and 40% of the controls developed positive blood cultures. Gram-negative rods were the most frequently isolated organisms. Evidence of bacterial translocation from the stomach could not be demonstrated in GDV patients, and survival was not affected by the presence of bacteremia.