Prevalence of feline haemotropic mycoplasmas in convenience samples of cats in Germany
| Autor: | Natali Bauer, Andreas Moritz, Sibylle Thüre, Hans-Jörg Balzer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Feline immunodeficiency virus Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Comorbidity Cat Diseases Polymerase Chain Reaction law.invention Mycoplasma Risk Factors law Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Germany medicine Animals Mycoplasma Infections Prospective Studies Small Animals Prospective cohort study Polymerase chain reaction Male gender Analysis of Variance CATS biology medicine.diagnostic_test respiratory system biology.organism_classification Virology Mycoplasma haemofelis Blood smear Hematocrit Immunoassay Leukemia Feline Cats Female |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 10:252-258 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2750 1098-612X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.12.004 |
| Popis: | The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the prevalence of feline haemotropic mycoplasmas in Germany, to determine probable risk factors for these infections and to compare the diagnostic value of microscopic examination of blood smears to polymerase chain reaction (PCR). For the prevalence study, convenience samples (Ethylene diamine-tetraacetic acid (EDTA) blood) from 262 (64.5% male and 35.5% female) cats were included. A PCR for the detection of Mycoplasma haemofelis (MHF) and ‘ Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ (CMH) as well as a feline leukaemia virus (FeLV)/feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) enzyme-linked immunoassay was performed. Blood smears from 224 cats were examined and the sensitivity and specificity of the microscopic diagnosis were determined. The prevalence of CMH, MHF, and CMH/MHF co-infection was 22.5%, 4.5%, and 0.8%, respectively. CMH was significantly associated with male gender ( P=0.047), older age ( P=0.0015) and both FeLV ( P=0.002) and FIV infections ( P |
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