Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with severe chronic sinus infection caused by Pseudomonas
By Diya Sharma et al.·Published in Veterinary clinical pathology·2019·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a cat with severe chronic rhinosinusitis.
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Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old male neutered Bengal cat was brought to the vet with worsening upper respiratory issues and swelling on the left side of his face. After various tests, including scans and biopsies, the cat was diagnosed with severe chronic rhinosinusitis caused by a rare type of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. The vet treated the cat with a new approach involving sinus surgery and flushing to help clear the infection. Following the treatment, the cat showed improvement in his symptoms.
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Abstract
A 6-year-old male neutered Bengal cat was presented to the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Care Hospital with a history of severe chronic rhinitis that was unresolved from kittenhood. In weeks prior to presentation, the cat's upper respiratory signs had significantly worsened and a left-sided facial swelling overlying the left frontal sinus was noted. Skull computed tomography, rhinoscopy, bilateral nasal biopsies, bacterial and fungal cultures of fluid from the left frontal sinus, and cryptococcal fungal antigen testing were performed. The cat was diagnosed with severe chronic rhinosinusitis and determined to have an infection with a mucoid variant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P aeruginosa). This case highlights an atypical cytomorphologic appearance of the well-known bacterial pathogen, P aeruginosa, an appearance that could be confused cytologically with other microorganisms, such as septate fungi. Mucoid variants of P aeruginosa are often associated with progressive lung or airway disease in people with cystic fibrosis and have not been previously documented in feline respiratory tract disease. This report also presents a brief review of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in cats and describes a novel interventional treatment approach to feline CRS via sinusotomy and sinus flushing for severely affected cats.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/31210366