Pneumonia in cats caused by Pneumocystis carinii purified from mouse lungs

Fourteen mice trapped in or near houses were infected with Pneumocystis carinii and the establishment of pneumonia was helped by injecting with cortisone acetate for 6 weeks. Then 16 cats were infected with P. carinii by injection of lung homogenate from the mice which contained from 1.3 × 10 5 to 2...

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Published in:Veterinary parasitology 1996, Vol.61 (1), p.171-175
Main Authors: Yuezhong, Yang, Li, Zeng, Baoping, Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Body Temperature
Cat
CATS
CHAT
GATO
Lung - microbiology
Lung - pathology
MICE
Mouse
PATHOLOGIE
PATHOLOGY
PATOLOGIA
PNEUMOCYSTIS
Pneumocystis - isolation & purification
Pneumocystis - pathogenicity
Pneumocystis carinii
Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - pathology
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - physiopathology
RATON
SOURIS
Species Specificity
Time Factors
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Summary:Fourteen mice trapped in or near houses were infected with Pneumocystis carinii and the establishment of pneumonia was helped by injecting with cortisone acetate for 6 weeks. Then 16 cats were infected with P. carinii by injection of lung homogenate from the mice which contained from 1.3 × 10 5 to 2.6 × 10 5 P. carinii cysts. The infection resulted in severe cough and tachypnea in Cats 1–8 injected with cortisone acetate, and a subclinical infection in Cats 9–16. In Cats 1–8, the main pathological finding was typical P. carinii pneumonia, but there only was slight swelling of the lungs in Cats 9–16.
ISSN:0304-4017
1873-2550
DOI:10.1016/0304-4017(95)00801-2