Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection in a Persian cat.
This report describes a disseminated infection with mycobacteria of the avium/intracellulare complex in a Persian cat in the absence of cutaneous lesions. Postmortem examination revealed severe granulomatous inflammation with numerous intrahistiocytic acid-fast bacilli in multiple organs. A gastrointestinal port of entry seems likely, as the ileocaecal lymph node was most severely affected.
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Merck KGaA, Institut für Toxikologie, Frankfurter Str. 250, 64271 Darmstadt, Germany. anja.knippel@merck.com
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D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*