Tritrichomonas foetus and Mycoplasma felis coinfection in the upper respiratory tract of a cat with chronic purulent discharge
| Autor: | Lorenzo Ressel, Linda Mugnaini, Francesca Mancianti, Luca Pazzini |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Nasal cavity medicine.medical_specialty protozoal infection 040301 veterinary sciences cytology feline rhinitis upper respiratory tract medicine.disease_cause Gastroenterology 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Internal medicine medicine reproductive and urinary physiology General Veterinary biology Respiratory tract infections business.industry Felis 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Mycoplasma biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Metronidazole 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure embryonic structures Coinfection Tritrichomonas foetus business medicine.drug Respiratory tract |
| Zdroj: | VETERINARY CLINICAL PATHOLOGY |
| Popis: | A 5-year-old indoor male neutered Siamese cat was presented with clinical signs of sneezing and chronic bilateral purulent nasal discharge. Multiple nasal cavity swabs were submitted for bacterial cultures, Mycoplasma felis-DNA qPCR, and cytology. M felisqPCR was positive and cytomorphologic diagnosis was severe, acute, purulent, rhinitis with intralesional protozoal microorganisms consistent with a Trichomonas spp. Nested PCR (nPCR) confirmed the diagnosis of Tritrichomonas foetus. Systemic therapy with doxycycline for M felis and metronidazole for T foetus was started with remission of clinical signs within 2 weeks; however, symptoms relapsed shortly after therapy was discontinued. This study represents the first documented case of T foetus associated with chronic nasal discharge in a cat, which supports the hypothesis that T foetus can live in the nasal cavity. It is also the first reported case of M felis and T foetus coinfection, which indicates that with mycoplasmal feline upper respiratory tract infections, T foetus should be considered as a coinfecting agent. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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