Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2397991 | Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The diagnosis, management, and subsequent post-mortem confirmation of a case of suspected reactivated spinal toxoplasmosis in a 10-year-old female neutered Cornish Rex are described. While an ante-mortem diagnosis of toxoplasmosis was considered possible based on the neuroanatomical diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) disease primarily involving spinal cord segment C6-T2 and the progressive elimination of other potential causes, Toxoplasma gondii antibody titres were consistent with previous exposure rather than active infection. A poor response to appropriate therapy did not support a diagnosis of toxoplasmosis. A post-mortem morphological diagnosis of marked segmental non-suppurative myelitis and necrosis, and an aetiological diagnosis of toxoplasmosis were made. The clinical and pathological findings are supportive of CNS inflammation due to reactivation of latent tissue T gondii cysts.
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Authors
Scott A. BVSc, Vanessa R. BVSc (Hons), MVetClinStud, FACVSc (Feline Medicine), GradCertEd, Georgina BVSc Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology), Julia A. BSc (Hons), BVetMed, PhD, FACVSc (Feline Medicine), MRCVS, Mark B. BSc (Vet), BVSc, PhD, MACVSc (Pathobiology),