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Tuberculosis joint infections in four domestic cats

CASE SERIES SUMMARY: This paper describes the clinical presentation, diagnostic imaging findings and outcome in four cats with confirmed joint-associated tuberculosis. The cats were 2–6 years of age, and immune competent. Three cases had tuberculosis affecting only one joint, whereas one case had at...

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Autores principales: Lalor, Stephanie M, Clarke, Stephen, Pink, Jonathan, Parry, Andrew, Scurrell, Emma, Fitzpatrick, Noel, Watson, Fraje, O’Halloran, Conor, Gunn-Moore, Danielle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5533263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055116917719401
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author Lalor, Stephanie M
Clarke, Stephen
Pink, Jonathan
Parry, Andrew
Scurrell, Emma
Fitzpatrick, Noel
Watson, Fraje
O’Halloran, Conor
Gunn-Moore, Danielle
author_facet Lalor, Stephanie M
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Pink, Jonathan
Parry, Andrew
Scurrell, Emma
Fitzpatrick, Noel
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description CASE SERIES SUMMARY: This paper describes the clinical presentation, diagnostic imaging findings and outcome in four cats with confirmed joint-associated tuberculosis. The cats were 2–6 years of age, and immune competent. Three cases had tuberculosis affecting only one joint, whereas one case had at least three joints affected. Two cases were caused by Mycobacterium bovis, and the other two were caused by Mycobacterium microti. Radiological findings included osteolysis, periosteal reaction and associated soft tissue swelling. Two cases were euthanased and two cases responded well to amputation and follow-on antibiotic therapy. RELEVANCE AND NOVEL INFORMATION: To our knowledge, this is the first publication of a series of cats with joint-associated tuberculosis. Although tuberculosis is not common, a high degree of suspicion is needed to avoid delayed diagnosis. This case series highlights the importance of considering mycobacterial disease as a differential for joint disease in cats.
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spelling pubmed-55332632017-08-11 Tuberculosis joint infections in four domestic cats Lalor, Stephanie M Clarke, Stephen Pink, Jonathan Parry, Andrew Scurrell, Emma Fitzpatrick, Noel Watson, Fraje O’Halloran, Conor Gunn-Moore, Danielle JFMS Open Rep Case Series CASE SERIES SUMMARY: This paper describes the clinical presentation, diagnostic imaging findings and outcome in four cats with confirmed joint-associated tuberculosis. The cats were 2–6 years of age, and immune competent. Three cases had tuberculosis affecting only one joint, whereas one case had at least three joints affected. Two cases were caused by Mycobacterium bovis, and the other two were caused by Mycobacterium microti. Radiological findings included osteolysis, periosteal reaction and associated soft tissue swelling. Two cases were euthanased and two cases responded well to amputation and follow-on antibiotic therapy. RELEVANCE AND NOVEL INFORMATION: To our knowledge, this is the first publication of a series of cats with joint-associated tuberculosis. Although tuberculosis is not common, a high degree of suspicion is needed to avoid delayed diagnosis. This case series highlights the importance of considering mycobacterial disease as a differential for joint disease in cats. SAGE Publications 2017-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5533263/ /pubmed/28804639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055116917719401 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) 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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Gunn-Moore, Danielle
Tuberculosis joint infections in four domestic cats
title Tuberculosis joint infections in four domestic cats
title_full Tuberculosis joint infections in four domestic cats
title_fullStr Tuberculosis joint infections in four domestic cats
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title_short Tuberculosis joint infections in four domestic cats
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5533263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28804639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055116917719401
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