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Haematogenous spread of Sporothrix schenckii in cats with naturally acquired sporotrichosis
Author(s) -
Schubach T. M. P.,
Schubach A.,
Okamoto T.,
Pellon I. V.,
FialhoMonteiro P. C.,
Reis R. S.,
Barros M. B. L.,
AndradePerez M.,
Wanke B.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2003.tb00174.x
Subject(s) - sporothrix schenckii , sporotrichosis , cats , medicine , isolation (microbiology) , pathology , sporothrix , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
The recovery of Sporothrix schenckii from blood samples is rare, and the diagnosis of systemic sporotrichosis is usually made at necropsy. In this report, S schenckii was isolated from two or more internal organs of nine necropsied cats with naturally acquired sporotrichosis. Haematogenous spread was demonstrated in vivo by the isolation of S schenckii from the peripheral blood of 17 (n=49, 34·4 per cent) cats. Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) was not detected, and co‐infection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), observed in nine cases (n=43, 20·9 per cent), apparently did not affect the isolation of S schenckii from peripheral blood or from the internal organs.