方法:本病例系列描述了6例,涉及7只在印第安纳州自然感染了细胞生长素的猫,美国。对医疗记录进行了回顾性审查,并提供了有关信号的所有可用信息,历史,临床和诊断结果,治疗,结果和病理报告。感染C-felis的猫是家养速记,年龄在2至9岁之间,除一只猫外,所有猫都是雄性。七只被感染的猫来自印第安纳州西南部的五个县。根据临床症状,七只猫中的六只被发现患有急性细胞生长素共病,大体病理性病变,组织中Cfelis的观察和/或CfelisDNA的检测。一只猫被鉴定为亚临床幸存者猫,没有已知的细胞生长素共病临床史。
结论:报告的病例是印第安纳州猫急性和慢性细胞生长素共病的首次确认报告,并记录了C范围的扩大。印第安纳州的兽医应考虑Cfelis感染作为发烧猫的鉴别诊断,食欲不振,嗜睡,抑郁症,脱水,呼吸困难,溶血危象,厌食症或黄疸。目前,向猫施用经批准的杀螨剂可提供对C.felis感染的最佳保护和控制。
METHODS: This
case series describes six cases involving seven
cats naturally infected with Cytauxzoon felis in Indiana, USA. Medical records were retrospectively reviewed and all available information on signalment, history, clinical and diagnostic findings, treatment, outcome and pathology was reported. Cats infected with C felis were domestic shorthairs, were aged between 2 and 9 years and all but one of the
cats were male. The seven infected
cats originated from five counties in southwestern Indiana. Six of seven cats were found to have acute cytauxzoonosis based on clinical signs, gross pathologic lesions, observation of C felis in tissues and/or detection of C felis DNA. One cat was identified as a subclinical survivor cat with no known clinical history of cytauxzoonosis.
CONCLUSIONS: The reported cases are the first confirmed
reports of acute and chronic cytauxzoonosis in
cats from Indiana and document an expansion in the range of C felis. Veterinary practitioners in Indiana should consider infection with C felis as a differential diagnosis for cats that present with fever, inappetence, lethargy, depression, dehydration, dyspnea, hemolytic crisis, anorexia or icterus. Administration of approved acaricides to cats currently offers the best protection and control against C felis infection.