title: Pneumonia in cats caused by Pneumocystis carinii purified from mouse lungs.
abstract: Fourteen mice trapped in or near houses were infected with Pneumocystis carinii and the establishment of pneumonia was helped by injecting with cortisone acetate for 6 weeks. Then 16 cats were infected with P. carinii by injection of lung homogenate from the mice which contained from 1.3 x 10(5) to 2.6 x 10(5) P. carinii cysts. The infection resulted in severe cough and tachypnea in Cats 1-8 injected with cortisone acetate, and a subclinical infection in Cats 9-16. In Cats 1-8, the main pathological finding was typical P. carinii pneumonia, but there only was slight swelling of the lungs in Cats 9-16.
authors: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, People's Republic of China.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Yuezhong
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Li
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Baoping
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D002415:Cats; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors