Taffin Elien Rl, Paepe Dominique, Ghys Liesbeth Fe, De Roover Katrien, Van de Maele Isabel, Saunders Jimmy H, Duchateau Luc, Daminet Sylvie
1 Department of Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
2 Department of Medical Imaging of Domestic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
J Feline Med Surg. 2017 Jun;19(6):672-679. doi: 10.1177/1098612X16653165. Epub 2016 Jun 15.
Objectives Hypertension is a common cause of proteinuria in HIV-infected people. In cats, feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection appears to be associated with proteinuria. Therefore, the results from systolic blood pressure (SBP) measurements in naturally infected FIV-positive cats were reviewed to assess whether hypertension contributes to the observed proteinuria in these cats. Ultrasonographic findings in FIV-positive cats were reviewed to complete renal assessment and to extend the scant knowledge on renal ultrasonography in cats. Methods Data from client-owned, naturally infected FIV-positive cats were retrospectively reviewed. To obtain a control group, records were reviewed from age-matched, privately owned, FIV-negative cats. Results Data from 91 FIV-infected and 113 control cats were compared. FIV-infected cats showed a significantly lower SBP ( P <0.0001) and significantly fewer FIV-infected cats were hypertensive (⩾160 mmHg) compared with control cats ( P = 0.025). The prevalence of renal azotaemia did not significantly differ between groups, although FIV-infected cats had significantly lower urine specific gravity (USG) ( P = 0.0273) and a higher incidence of USG below 1.035 ( P = 0.043). Urinary protein:creatinine ratio (UPC) was significantly higher in FIV-infected cats ( P = 0.0005) and proteinuria (UPC >0.4) occurred more frequently in FIV-infected cats ( P <0.001). Renal ultrasonography showed abnormalities in 60/91 FIV-infected cats, with hyperechogenic cortices in 39/91 and enlarged kidneys in 31/91. Conclusions and relevance Hypertension can be excluded as a common cause of renal damage leading to proteinuria in FIV-infected cats. Proteinuria and poorly concentrated urine are common in naturally infected FIV-positive cats, in contrast to azotaemia. Clinicians should cautiously interpret ultrasonographic abnormalities as these occur in over half of FIV-infected cats.
目的 高血压是HIV感染者蛋白尿的常见原因。在猫中,猫免疫缺陷病毒(FIV)感染似乎与蛋白尿有关。因此,回顾了自然感染FIV阳性猫的收缩压(SBP)测量结果,以评估高血压是否导致这些猫出现蛋白尿。回顾了FIV阳性猫的超声检查结果,以完成肾脏评估,并扩展对猫肾脏超声检查的有限认识。方法 对客户拥有的自然感染FIV阳性猫的数据进行回顾性分析。为获得对照组,查阅了年龄匹配的私人拥有的FIV阴性猫的记录。结果 比较了91只FIV感染猫和113只对照猫的数据。与对照猫相比,FIV感染猫的SBP显著降低(P<0.0001),高血压(≥160 mmHg)的FIV感染猫显著减少(P=0.025)。两组间肾氮质血症的患病率无显著差异,尽管FIV感染猫的尿比重(USG)显著降低(P=0.0273),USG低于1.035的发生率更高(P=0.043)。FIV感染猫的尿蛋白:肌酐比值(UPC)显著更高(P=0.0005),FIV感染猫中蛋白尿(UPC>0.4)更常见(P<0.001)。肾脏超声检查显示91只FIV感染猫中有60只出现异常,其中39只皮质回声增强,31只肾脏增大。结论及相关性 高血压可排除为FIV感染猫导致蛋白尿的肾脏损伤的常见原因。与氮质血症不同,蛋白尿和尿液浓缩不良在自然感染FIV阳性猫中很常见。临床医生应谨慎解释超声检查异常,因为超过一半的FIV感染猫会出现这种情况。