Article
Anaplasma platys in bone marrow megakaryocytes of young dogs
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DE TOMMASI, A. S. et al. Anaplasma platys in bone marrow megakaryocytes of young dogs. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, v. 52, n. 6, p. 2231–2234, jun. 2014.
1098-660X
10.1128/JCM.00395-14
Autor
De Tommasi, A. Sara
Baneth, Gad
Breitschwerdt, Edward B.
Stanneck, Dorothee
Dantas-Torres, Filipe
Otranto, Domenico
Caprariis, Donato de
Resumen
Anaplasma platys is an obligate intracellular rickettsial pathogen that infects platelets of dogs, forming basophilic intracellular morulae. In the present report, cellular inclusions were documented in bone marrow thrombocyte precursors of two young naturally infected dogs, indicating that A. platys can infect megakaryocytes and promegakaryocytes.