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Tetrathyridiosis in a domestic shorthair cat

CASE SUMMARY: This report describes the clinical and parasitological findings in a domestic shorthair cat with isolated thoracic tetrathyridiosis. The cat was a stray from Malta that had lived in Germany for several years since as an indoor-only cat. Therefore, the process of infection remains very...

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Autores principales: Dahlem, Dorothee, Bangoura, Berit, Ludewig, Eberhard, Glowienka, Nicole, Baldauf, Katrin, Stoeckel, Frank, Burgener, Iwan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5362008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28491396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055116915615595
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author Dahlem, Dorothee
Bangoura, Berit
Ludewig, Eberhard
Glowienka, Nicole
Baldauf, Katrin
Stoeckel, Frank
Burgener, Iwan
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Ludewig, Eberhard
Glowienka, Nicole
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description CASE SUMMARY: This report describes the clinical and parasitological findings in a domestic shorthair cat with isolated thoracic tetrathyridiosis. The cat was a stray from Malta that had lived in Germany for several years since as an indoor-only cat. Therefore, the process of infection remains very unusual. In this case it must be considered that the cat had been infected years previously while in Malta, and had lived at least 4 years without any clinical signs. It was possible to diagnose this uncommon disease and initiate an effective treatment with fenbendazole, praziquantel and supportive care. Clinical signs, as well as radiographic findings, were regressive with this treatment. RELEVANCE AND NOVEL INFORMATION: Tetrathyridiosis is a rare finding in cats, especially in Germany, but it seems to be a potential differential diagnosis of pleural effusion. Mesocestoides corti, which was the causative parasite in this case, has not previously been isolated in Germany. Because tetrathyridiosis is only diagnosed post mortem in most cases, little is known about effective therapeutic options. Furthermore, clinical signs of this disease can be absent for several years and can potentially be triggered by neoplastic conditions or immunosuppression. Tetrathyridiosis seems to be a treatable disease that can be controlled by adequate antiparasitic therapy.
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spelling pubmed-53620082017-05-10 Tetrathyridiosis in a domestic shorthair cat Dahlem, Dorothee Bangoura, Berit Ludewig, Eberhard Glowienka, Nicole Baldauf, Katrin Stoeckel, Frank Burgener, Iwan JFMS Open Rep Case Report CASE SUMMARY: This report describes the clinical and parasitological findings in a domestic shorthair cat with isolated thoracic tetrathyridiosis. The cat was a stray from Malta that had lived in Germany for several years since as an indoor-only cat. Therefore, the process of infection remains very unusual. In this case it must be considered that the cat had been infected years previously while in Malta, and had lived at least 4 years without any clinical signs. It was possible to diagnose this uncommon disease and initiate an effective treatment with fenbendazole, praziquantel and supportive care. Clinical signs, as well as radiographic findings, were regressive with this treatment. RELEVANCE AND NOVEL INFORMATION: Tetrathyridiosis is a rare finding in cats, especially in Germany, but it seems to be a potential differential diagnosis of pleural effusion. Mesocestoides corti, which was the causative parasite in this case, has not previously been isolated in Germany. Because tetrathyridiosis is only diagnosed post mortem in most cases, little is known about effective therapeutic options. Furthermore, clinical signs of this disease can be absent for several years and can potentially be triggered by neoplastic conditions or immunosuppression. Tetrathyridiosis seems to be a treatable disease that can be controlled by adequate antiparasitic therapy. SAGE Publications 2015-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5362008/ /pubmed/28491396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055116915615595 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Ludewig, Eberhard
Glowienka, Nicole
Baldauf, Katrin
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Burgener, Iwan
Tetrathyridiosis in a domestic shorthair cat
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5362008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28491396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055116915615595
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