title: Pulmonary rhodococcosis in a cat.
abstract: Feline Rhodococcus equi infection is rare, despite the bacteria is widespread in the environment. R equi infection is typically observed in equine species but the infection has also been reported in dogs, cats and other domestic animals. There are a few reports regarding pulmonary R equi infection in cats and the disease appears to be limited to the skin and the subcutaneous tissue. This report describes the pathological, microbiological and the virulence features associated with an acute necrosuppurative pneumonia in a cat. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of feline pulmonary R equi infection in Italy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Diagnostic and Clinic Veterinary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Perugia University, Via San Costanzo 4, 06126 Perugia, Italy. fabrizio.passamonti@unipg.it
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Passamonti
authors.forename: Elvio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lepri
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sforna
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casagrande Proietti
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chiodetti
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coletti
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Marenzoni
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016929:Rhodococcus equi / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence