Myelitis in a cat infected with Toxoplasma gondii and feline immunodeficiency virus.
Severe necrotizing myelitis secondary to localization and reactivation of Toxoplasma gondii within the spinal cord of a domestic shorthair cat was diagnosed by use of light and electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. The cat also was infected with feline immunodeficiency virus. This case may have useful comparative features to T gondii infections in human patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Heidel
J R
JR
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331.
Dubey
J P
JP
Blythe
L L
LL
Walker
L L
LL
Duimstra
J R
JR
Jordan
J S
JS
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009187:Myelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009336:Necrosis; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology