First reported case of leishmaniasis in a cat in Trinidad and Tobago.

Autor: Pargass I; School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago. Electronic address: Indira.Pargass@sta.uwi.edu., Wint C; Veterinary Teaching Hospital, North Central Regional Health Authority, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago., Suepaul R; School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago., Frontera-Acevedo K; School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Champs Fleurs, Trinidad and Tobago., Qurollo BA; Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinary parasitology, regional studies and reports [Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports] 2023 Jul; Vol. 42, pp. 100896. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2023.100896
Abstrakt: A 3-year-old, female, domestic shorthair cat, was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM), Trinidad and Tobago for a swollen nose, and multiple, variably sized small masses on both ears. The initial diagnostic tests included a CBC, serum biochemistry profile, cytological evaluation of masses on the ear and nose, and FeLV/FIV testing. The CBC and biochemistry results were unremarkable except for a hyperproteinaemia and hyperglobulinemia. Cytology of the nose and ear lesions revealed mixed inflammation and high numbers of intracellular and extracellular organisms consistent with Leishmania amastigotes. The cat was FeLV/FIV negative. Histopathology and Leishmania IFA and PCR analysis were subsequently performed, confirming the Leishmania diagnosis. The PCR, DNA sequencing and phylogenetic tree analyses identified L. amazonensis. This is the first reported case of L. amazonensis infection in a domestic animal in Trinidad with molecular characterization indicating it exists in the region and is likely being transmitted by sandflies.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest BAQ receives support for a portion of her salary as co-director of the Vector Borne Disease Diagnostic Laboratory within the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University from IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
(Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
Externí odkaz: