Lower respiratory tract infections in cats: 21 cases (1995–2000)

Foster, S F; Martín, Patricia A.; Allan, G. S.; Barrs, Vanessa R.; Malík, Richard

doi:10.1016/j.jfms.2003.11.006

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“…From a clinical standpoint, the assay presented herein can be used as a reliable tool for detecting A. abstrusus DNA in pharyngeal swabs from clinically infected cats, thus having implications for diagnosis. The difficulties inherited with a reliable clinical diagnosis of cat aelurostrongylosis is worthy of note, as this disease may share symptoms with other respiratory feline diseases (e.g., nematode infections by Dirofilaria immitis and Eucoleus aerophilus), presenting with similar respiratory distress and signs and abnormal radiographic and hematologic findings (5,10,11,19,31). Also, the feline respiratory tract may be infected by several viruses and bacteria causing infections with aelurostrongylosis-like symptoms (10,11).…”

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Diagnostic and Clinical Implications of a Nested PCR Specific for Ribosomal DNA of the Feline Lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda, Strongylida)

Traversa

Iorio

Otranto³

2008

J Clin Microbiol

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Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda, Strongylida, Metastrongyloidea) is a cosmopolitan parasite of cats and causes severe respiratory distress. Information on the biology and epidemiology of feline aelurostrongylosis is fragmentary, mainly due to the limits inherent in the classical diagnosis. In the present work, a two-step nested PCR based on the use of genetic markers in the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) of ribosomal DNA was established for A. abstrusus in different biological samples. Characterization of the ITS2 (321 bp of length) revealed a G؉C content of 39.5%. To exploit the sequence difference between the ITS2 of A. abstrusus and those of other common feline endoparasites, specific primers were designed and tested by PCR for their specificities and sensitivities. The PCR assay was validated on a panel of fecal (i.e., feces, flotation supernatant, and Baermann sediment) and pharyngeal swab samples from cats with known histories of lungworm infections, and it showed a specificity of 100% and a sensitivity of up to 96.6%. Also, the nested PCR was able to identify cats that were actually infected but that tested negative by the classical diagnostic methods. This PCR method was shown to be a powerful tool for the molecular diagnosis of feline aelurostrongylosis, overcoming the constraints of the classical diagnosis. The implications of such a molecular tool for further bioepidemiological studies of both intermediate and definitive hosts have been discussed.

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“…Infection by A. abstrusus has a worldwide distribution and in the past few years has been increasingly reported in America (10,11) and Europe (7,12,18,21), with a prevalence of up to about 20% in areas of endemicity (15).…”

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Diagnostic and Clinical Implications of a Nested PCR Specific for Ribosomal DNA of the Feline Lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda, Strongylida)

Traversa

Iorio

Otranto³

2008

J Clin Microbiol

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“…In dogs and cats, the adult worms have been associated with the intestinal and urinary tract as well as the bronchi. Capillaria aerophila, Capillaria feliscati, Capillaria hepatica, Capillaria plica, and Capillaria putorri are the species of this genus, which has felids as definitive hosts (Collins and Charleston, 1972;Holmes and Kelly, 1973;Greve and Kung, 1983;Bédard et al, 2002;Foster et al, 2004).…”

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Coprology of Panthera tigris altaica and Felis bengalensis euptilurus From the Russian Far East

González

Carbonell

Urios³

et al. 2007

Journal of Parasitology

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Fecal samples from the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) and the Amur cat (Felis bengalensis euptilurus) from Far Eastern Russia, were examined for parasites. A natural sedimentation methodology was used and a complete examination of all the sediment was performed. This fecal investigation allowed us to isolate and identify several developmental stages of gastrointestinal, hepatic, and respiratory parasites. Five parasites were found from P. t. altaica: 11 trematodes (Platynosomum fastosum) and 4 nematodes (Strongyloides sp., Ancylostomatidae, Toxascaris leonina, and Toxocara cati). Five parasites were found from F. b. euptilurus: 1 cestode (Diplopylidium sp.) and 4 nematodes (Trichuris sp., Ancylostomatidae, Toxascaris leonina, and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus). In addition, trophozoites of the amoeba Acanthamoeba sp. were detected in tiger feces.

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“…However, the role of Mycoplasma species as primary pathogens was unclear because of the suspicion of concomitant feline bronchial disease (feline asthma/chronic bronchitis) in these 3 cats. A retrospective study on lower respiratory tract infections in cats reported a pure airway growth of Mycoplasma species in 11/21 cats (Foster et al, 2004). A case of primary severe Mycoplasma pneumonia with reversible respiratory failure was recently reported in a cat (Trow et al, 2008).…”

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Detection of Mycoplasma felis from the kenneled cats with pneumonia

Hong¹,

Lee²,

Kim³

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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service

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Two cats were obtained from a cat kennel. Over the previous 7 days, the cats had shown cough, anorexia, depression and nasal discharge. In this study, the consensus PCR was able to detect successfully Mycoplasma species in nasal swab samples of the cats. To identify feline mycoplasma species from the lung tissue of the cats with pneumonia, Mycoplasma species-specific PCR reactions were conducted. As the results, we could identify M. felis by the positive amplified DNAs. On the other hand, we could not detect any positive reactions with the PCR reaction for M. arginini, M. canis, M. edwardii, M. cynos, M. gateae, M. maculosum, M. molared, M. opalescens, M. spumans and Mycoplasma HRC-689.In conclusion, we detected M. felis from the kenneled cats with pneumonia. We suggested that this consensus PCR would be useful and effective for monitoring Mycoplasma species in various kinds of animals including cats. The application of preceding consensus PCR before the species-specific PCRs may be the most recommended strategy for the identification of Mycoplasma spp.

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Lower respiratory tract infections in cats: 21 cases (1995–2000)

Cited by 86 publications

References 33 publications

Diagnostic and Clinical Implications of a Nested PCR Specific for Ribosomal DNA of the Feline Lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda, Strongylida)

Diagnostic and Clinical Implications of a Nested PCR Specific for Ribosomal DNA of the Feline Lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Nematoda, Strongylida)

Coprology of Panthera tigris altaica and Felis bengalensis euptilurus From the Russian Far East

Detection of Mycoplasma felis from the kenneled cats with pneumonia

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