Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Salmonella infection causing vomiting and diarrhea in 4 cats
By Riker, Jesse et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc·2023·College of Veterinary Medicine, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Systemic salmonellosis in 4 cats.
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- cat
Plain-English summary
Four cats were diagnosed with salmonellosis, showing symptoms like vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and even seizures in one case. Sadly, three of the cats died, and one was euthanized due to their severe condition. They all had poor body condition and abnormal feces, along with significant internal damage, including liver and intestinal issues. The presence of harmful bacteria was confirmed in their tissues. Unfortunately, the outcome was tragic, with no successful treatment reported for these cases.
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Abstract
Clinical signs in 4 cases of salmonellosis in cats included vomiting, diarrhea (2 cases each), fever, dystocia, icterus, and seizures (1 case each). Three cats died, and one was euthanized. Grossly, all cats were in poor body condition and had yellow-to-dark-red perianal feces (3 cases), oral and ocular pallor (2 cases) or icterus (1 case), fluid or pasty yellow intestinal contents (4 cases), white or dark-red-to-black depressed areas on the hepatic surface (2 cases), yellow abdominal fluid with swollen abdominal lymph nodes (1 case), and fibrin strands on the placental chorionic surface (1 case). Histologically, all cats had necrotizing enterocolitis and random hepatocellular necrosis. Other histologic findings included mesenteric (4 cases) or splenic (2 cases) lymphoid necrosis, and endometrial and chorioallantoic necrosis (1 case). Gram-negative bacilli were observed within neutrophils and macrophages in the intestinal lamina propria (4 cases), liver, spleen, lymph node, endometrium, and placenta (1 case each). Aerobic bacterial culture on frozen samples of small intestine, mesenteric lymph node, lung, and liver yieldedsubsp.. Serotyping was consistent withEnteritidis (cases 1, 3) andTyphimurium (cases 2, 4).
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37329122/