Feline leishmaniasis due to Leishmania ( Leishmania) amazonensis in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil

A case of leishmaniasis in a domestic cat ( Felis domesticus) is described. The animal showed a single, nodular lesion on the nose and many nodules of different size on the ears and digital regions of all the paws. Diagnosis was made by microscopic detection of amastigotes in Giemsa-stained smears f...

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Published in:Veterinary parasitology 2005-03, Vol.128 (1), p.41-45
Main Authors: de Souza, Alda Izabel, Barros, Evânia Marcia Silva, Ishikawa, Edna, Ilha, Iêda Maria Novaes, Marin, Glaucia Rosely Barbosa, Nunes, Vânia Lúcia Brandão
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Brazil
case studies
Cat
Cat Diseases - parasitology
Cats
cutaneous leishmaniasis
dermal leishmaniasis
dermatitis
disease diagnosis
Ear - parasitology
Fatal Outcome
Felis domesticus
Female
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect - veterinary
Foot - parasitology
Leishmania ( Leishmania) amazonensis
Leishmania - isolation & purification
Leishmania amazonensis
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - parasitology
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - veterinary
lesions (animal)
Mato Grosso do Sul State
Nodular dermatitis
Nose - parasitology
pathogen identification
symptoms
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Summary:A case of leishmaniasis in a domestic cat ( Felis domesticus) is described. The animal showed a single, nodular lesion on the nose and many nodules of different size on the ears and digital regions of all the paws. Diagnosis was made by microscopic detection of amastigotes in Giemsa-stained smears from the lesions. By monoclonal antibodies the aetiological agent was identified as Leishmania ( Leishmania) amazonensis, one of the seven species implicated in human leishmaniasis in Brazil. The clinical signs in feline leishmaniasis are unspecific and similar to those observed in other diseases such as cryptococcosis and in sporotrichosis, commonly found in cats. Leishmaniasis should therefore, be added to the differential diagnosis by feline veterinary practitioners and adequate investigations should carried out for dermal leishmaniasis in the area where the feline infection is detected.
ISSN:0304-4017
1873-2550
DOI:10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.11.020