Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Diarrhea and Cytauxzoon infection in two young free-ranging cats
By Carli, Erika et al.·Published in Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi·2014·Department of Animal Medicine, Italy·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Cytauxzoon sp. infection in two free ranging young cats: clinicopathological findings, therapy and follow up.
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Plain-English summary
Two young male domestic shorthair cats were brought in for diarrhea and were found to have a blood infection caused by a parasite called Cytauxzoon. One cat had mild anemia and was treated with doxycycline and imidocarb dipropionate, which successfully cleared the infection after 175 days. The second cat received the same treatment, but the owner stopped the doxycycline after just one week. This cat continued to have the infection without showing any symptoms for 130 days.
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Abstract
Two young brother male free-ranging domestic shorthair cats were evaluated for diarrhea. They presented with intraerythrocytic piroplasms on blood smear evaluation. Only the first cat was anemic (mild non-regenerative anemia). A partial segment of the 18S rRNA was amplified and sequenced, revealing a homology of 99% with Cytauxzoon sp. and of 93% with Cytauxzoon felis. The first cat was treated with doxycycline and imidocarb dipropionate and monitored by serial laboratory exams, resulting negative for Cytauxzoon sp. infection after the end of the therapy (follow-up period of 175 days). The second cat received the same therapy, but doxycycline was discontinued by the owner after 1 week. He was monitored for 130 days, remaining erythroparasitemic and asymptomatic. We described cases of Cytauxzoon sp. infection in domestic cats with detailed clinical data, description of two therapeutic protocols, and follow-up after treatment with opposite parasitological responses (parasitological cure versus persistence of infection).
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25308457/