Hoffman A M, Baird J D, Kloeze H J, Rosendal S, Bell M
Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College University of Guelph.
Cornell Vet. 1992 Apr;82(2):155-62.
Mycoplasma felis was identified as the cause of acute pleuritis in 2 show-jumping horses. The pleural exudate was proteinaceous, contained large numbers of neutrophils, and had a markedly increased lactate concentration. M. felis was isolated in pure culture from pleural fluid. Rising serum antibody titers to M. felis as well as a precipitous decline in titers to equine influenza virus were demonstrated in both horses. Pleural effusion in both horses and a pneumothorax detected in one of the horses resolved following a single drainage of pleural fluid and intravenous fluid, antibiotic, and analgesic therapy.
支原体被确认为2匹参加场地障碍赛的马急性胸膜炎的病因。胸腔积液富含蛋白质，含有大量中性粒细胞，乳酸浓度显著升高。从胸腔积液中分离出了纯种的支原体。两匹马均显示针对支原体的血清抗体滴度升高，而针对马流感病毒的滴度急剧下降。两匹马的胸腔积液以及其中一匹马检测到的气胸在单次胸腔穿刺引流以及静脉输液、抗生素和镇痛治疗后均得到缓解。
