Causes and Lesions of Fatal Pneumonia in Domestic Cats.
J Comp Pathol
; 189: 59-71, 2021 Nov.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34886987
ABSTRACT
Pneumonia in cats may cause severe lung injury and consequent death. We describe the post-mortem findings and aetiologies of naturally fatal pneumonia in 78 domestic cats, using gross and histopathological examinations, immunohistochemistry and microbiological techniques. Morphological patterns found were bronchopneumonia (27/78), interstitial (15/78), bronchointerstitial (13/78), granulomatous (8/78), aspiration (8/78) and pyogranulomatous (5/78) pneumonia, and pleuropneumonia (2/78). Bacterial pneumonia was identified as the most common cause (32/78), followed by viral (15/28 feline calicivirus, 10/28 felid alphaherpesvirus 1 and 3/28 both viruses), aspiration (8/78), fungal (5/78) and parasitic pneumonia (5/78). Co-infection with feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukaemia virus was found in 54 cats. Viral infections involved cats of all ages, indicating the importance of investigating viral causes in cats with respiratory diseases, including in adult and ageing cats.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bronchopneumonia
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Virus Diseases
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Cat Diseases
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Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline
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Coinfection
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
J Comp Pathol
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article