Isolation of Chlamydia psittaci from nasal and conjunctival exudate of a domestic cat.
A feline strain of Chlamydia psittaci was isolated in tissue culture from nasal and conjunctival swabs from a free range domestic cat with bilateral conjunctivitis and rhinitis, living in the Liverpool area of the UK. The isolate was identified as C psittaci on the basis of its characteristic inclusion morphology in cell culture and by means of specific indirect immunofluorescence with known C psittaci specific antiserum. The isolate could be differentiated from other chlamydiae of non-feline origin by its amino acid nutritional requirements.
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014776:Virus Cultivation / Q000379:methods