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Parachlamydia acanthamoebae in domestic cats with and without corneal disease
Author(s) -
Richter Marianne,
Matheis Franziska,
Gönczi Enikö,
Aeby Sébastien,
Spiess Bernhard,
Greub Gilbert
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
veterinary ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1463-5224
pISSN - 1463-5216
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2010.00789.x
Subject(s) - cats , biology , chlamydiales , acanthamoeba , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , chlamydia , medicine , immunology
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.