Fulminant Tritrichomonas foetus 'feline genotype' infection in a 3-month old kitten associated with viral co-infection.
Animals
Cat Diseases
/ diagnosis
Cats
/ parasitology
Coinfection
/ parasitology
Colon
/ parasitology
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
/ parasitology
Diarrhea
/ parasitology
Feces
/ parasitology
Feline Panleukopenia
/ parasitology
Feline Panleukopenia Virus
Female
Genotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Protozoan Infections, Animal
/ virology
Tritrichomonas foetus
/ genetics
Australia
Coronavirus
Histopathology
Parvovirus
Tritrichomonas
Journal
Veterinary parasitology
ISSN: 1873-2550
Titre abrégé: Vet Parasitol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7602745
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
Historique:
received:
23
11
2018
revised:
17
12
2018
accepted:
17
12
2018
entrez:
18
3
2019
pubmed:
18
3
2019
medline:
26
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Tritrichomonas foetus is a flagellate protist which commonly causes a waxing and waning large bowel diarrhoea in young cats. We report severe T. foetus infection of the colon, cecum and ileum with concurrent feline enteric coronavirus (FCoV) and feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) in a 3-month-old Bengal kitten with an 8-day history of vomiting, diarrhoea, failure to thrive and coughing. Protozoa filling the lumen and crypts and occasional invading into lamina propria were identified within the affected colon and confirmed by PCR as T. foetus 'feline genotype'. Assessment of faeces by PCR revealed concurrent infection with FCoV and FPV. It is possible that immunosuppression by FPV played a role in the unprecedented T. foetus infection intensity observed histologically. Studies during and after resolution of FPV infection, will be critical to determine if T. foetus co-infection affects long-term prognosis of FPV survivors.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30878079
pii: S0304-4017(18)30398-4
doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.12.007
pmc: PMC7115762
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
17-20Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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