title: Pyothorax associated with a Mycoplasma sp and Arcanobacterium pyogenes in a kitten.
abstract: Pyothorax associated with a Mycoplasma sp and Arcanobacterium pyogenes was diagnosed at necropsy in a 1-month-old female Van kitten. The pleural cavity contained approximately 50 mL of blood-tinged, reddish-brown, nonodourous fluid bilaterally. Gram positive coccobacilli were seen in the exudate from necrotic plaques on the pleurae. Mycoplasma sp and A pyogenes were isolated from a sample of the fluid in the pleural cavity. The concomitant presence of Mycoplasma sp and A pyogenes could be considered another variation on the polymicrobial nature of pyothorax and associated pleural lesions in cats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Yuzuncu Yil, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zeve Kampusu, Van-Turkey.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Gulbahar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gurturk
mesh_terms: D000191:Actinomycetaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*