Parachlamydia acanthamoebae in domestic cats with and without corneal disease.
Corneal samples of cats with and without corneal diseases were screened with a pan-Chlamydiales PCR and specific PCRs for Parachlamydia, Protochlamydia, Chlamydophila felis, Acanthamoeba and feline herpesviruses (FHV-1). Several corneal samples tested positive for Parachlamydia and related Chlamydiales, indicating cat exposure to these intracellular bacteria.
Richter
Marianne
M
Section of Ophthalmology, Equine Department, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Matheis
Franziska
F
Gönczi
Enikö
E
Aeby
Sébastien
S
Spiess
Bernhard
B
Greub
Gilbert
G
D000048:Acanthamoeba; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats / Q000382:microbiology*; D002695:Chlamydiales; D023501:Chlamydophila; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D003315:Cornea / Q000382:microbiology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006564:Herpesviridae; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary