title: Generalized encephalitozoonosis in a young kitten with cerebellar hypoplasia.
abstract: In recent years opportunistic infections due to microsporidial organisms have become increasingly important in immunocompromised people. Infected animals could serve as reservoirs of such infections. A case of generalized encephalitozoonosis in a young kitten is reported. Diagnosis was established by histopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular biological investigations demonstrating characteristic lesions and DNA of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in formalin-fixed and paraffin wax-embedded tissue sections. Infections due to E. cuniculi are not common in cats, but a potential role of domestic cats in transmission of the infectious agent cannot be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria. barbara.rebel-bauder@vetmeduni.ac.at
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rebel-Bauder
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leschnik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maderner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Url
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009670:Encephalitozoon cuniculi; D016890:Encephalitozoonosis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*