Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2438118 | Journal of Comparative Pathology | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryIn 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.
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Authors
B. Rebel-Bauder, M. Leschnik, A. Maderner, A. Url,