title: Symptomatic Capillaria plica infection in a young European cat.
abstract: An 8-month-old owned European cat showing abdominal pain, fever, distended painful bladder and urinary blockage was presented. Intravenous fluids were immediately administered and, after sedation, a urinary catheter was applied. Blood and urine analysis revealed cystitis and a moderate-to-severe degree of renal failure. About 20 thread-like nematodes, identified as Capillaria plica larvae and fragments of adult stages, were found in the urine sediment. After treatment with an oral formulation of fenbendazole at 25 mg/kg q 12 h for 10 days, urinary signs and bladder worms disappeared. Cases of Capillaria species bladder worms in cats are rarely reported and most infected cats show no clinical signs, presumably because of a low parasite burden. In the present study, feline capillariosis was associated to urethral obstruction, severe difficulties in urination, cystitis and renal failures.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatorio Veterinario Associato, Via Lenin 132, 56017 San Giuliano Terme, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Moreno
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ariti
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Riggio
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perrucci
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002195:Capillaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000652:urine; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005273:Fenbendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D016482:Urinalysis / Q000662:veterinary; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D005273:Fenbendazole