title: Mycobacterial neuritis in a cat.
abstract: A 2-year-old spayed female domestic shorthair cat was referred for evaluation of rapidly progressive lameness of the right hind limb, which was paralyzed. Histologic examination of biopsy specimens revealed pyogranulomatous inflammation affecting the sciatic, common peroneal, and tibial nerves, and slender, beaded, acid-fast bacilli within macrophages, nerve fibers, and degenerate axons. A diagnosis of mycobacterial neuritis was made and the cat was treated with clofazimine and enrofloxacin for extended periods. Treatment was partially effective; the goal of returning normal function to the limb was not achieved, but disease progression was halted and the cat remained a viable pet.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, MS 39762, USA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Paulsen
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Weigand
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D002991:Clofazimine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D000077422:Enrofloxacin; D005260:Female; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000503:physiopathology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000187:drug effects*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009443:Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000662:veterinary; D015363:Quinolones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D015363:Quinolones; D000077422:Enrofloxacin; D002991:Clofazimine; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase