Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Generalized encephalitozoonosis in a young kitten with cerebellar hypoplasia.
- Journal:
- Journal of comparative pathology
- Year:
- 2011
- Authors:
- Rebel-Bauder, B et al.
- Affiliation:
- Institute of Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine
- Species:
- cat
Abstract
In recent years opportunistic infections due to microsporidial organisms have become increasingly important in immunocompromised people. Infected animals could serve as reservoirs of such infections. A case of generalized encephalitozoonosis in a young kitten is reported. Diagnosis was established by histopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular biological investigations demonstrating characteristic lesions and DNA of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in formalin-fixed and paraffin wax-embedded tissue sections. Infections due to E. cuniculi are not common in cats, but a potential role of domestic cats in transmission of the infectious agent cannot be excluded.
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