Mycoplasma felis arthritis in two cats
| Autor: | B. Degasperi, L. Liehmann, G. W. Niebauer, Joachim Spergser |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Arthritis Case Reports Cat Diseases Gastroenterology Internal medicine medicine Monoarthritis Animals Mycoplasma Infections Small Animals Pathogen Mycoplasma felis Doxycycline Arthritis Infectious CATS biology business.industry Felis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Anti-Bacterial Agents Radiography Treatment Outcome Lameness Cats business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Small Animal Practice |
| ISSN: | 1748-5827 0022-4510 |
| Popis: | This report describes the occurrence of non-weightbearing lameness caused by Mycoplasma felis monoarthritis in two, immunocompetent, European, shorthair adult cats with a suspected history of trauma. Clinical signs recurred after conservative treatment. The joints were treated surgically and M felis was identified as the causative agent for the monoarthritis. Medication with 10 mg/kg doxycycline twice daily was initiated according to susceptibility testing. One cat underwent further joint flushing after two weeks; both the cats recovered completely after eight and nine weeks, respectively. The findings suggest that M felis, in addition to being an agent associated with conjunctivitis in cats, is able to act as a pathogen in other tissues and cause arthritis even in immunocompetent cats. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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