RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS OF THE 28th ECVIM-CA CONGRESS

The database of the University Clinic of Companion Animals of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University was interrogated for Leishmaniasis patients. Included were dogs with a diagnosis of Leishmaniasis based on the clinical presentation (e.g. non‐pruritic cutaneous disease, clinicopathologic changes such as cytopenias, proteinuric renal disease and hyperglobulinemia) combined with confirmation of Leishmaniasis by a positive anti‐Leishmania titer, or the presence of Leishmania amastigotes in biopsies. Patient records were reviewed for signalment, clinicopathological data at moment of diagnosis, incl. complete blood count, biochemistry, protein spectrum and urine analysis, and lastly the Canine Leishmania Working Group clinical staging system class. Follow‐up was performed at the time of the study by phone contact and included received treatment, and date and cause of death if deceased. Kaplan‐Meier survival curves were compared between groups using a Log Rank test. Multivariate analysis was performed using the COX proportional hazards regression model.