Salmonella-associated conjunctivitis in a cat.
Salmonella typhimurium-associated conjunctivitis in an adult female cat was characterized by epiphora and blepharospasm. The cat also harbored intestinal S typhimurium, as did one other cat in the same shipment of 7 cats obtained from a commercial cat dealer. The 3 isolates were resistant to ampicillin, cephaloridine, cephalothin, streptomycin, triple sulfonamides, and tetracycline. All 3 isolates were capable of transferring a part of the antibiotic resistance pattern to an Escherichia coli K-12 recipient. Salmonella were not recovered from the conjunctiva or fecal flora of either cat after 10 days of therapy with chloramphenicol.
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D011815:R Factors; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents