title: Haematogenous spread of Sporothrix schenckii in cats with naturally acquired sporotrichosis.
abstract: The recovery of Sporothrix schenckii from blood samples is rare, and the diagnosis of systemic sporotrichosis is usually made at necropsy. In this report, S schenckii was isolated from two or more internal organs of nine necropsied cats with naturally acquired sporotrichosis. Haematogenous spread was demonstrated in vivo by the isolation of S schenckii from the peripheral blood of 17 (n = 49, 34.4 per cent) cats. Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) was not detected, and co-infection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), observed in nine cases (n = 43, 20.9 per cent), apparently did not affect the isolation of S schenckii from peripheral blood or from the internal organs.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016582:Leukemia, Feline / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral