Chatzis Manolis K, Xenoulis Panagiotis G, Leontides Leonidas, Kasabalis Dimitrios, Mylonakis Mathios E, Andreadou Margarita, Ikonomopoulos John, Saridomichelakis Manolis N
Clinic of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Thessaly, 224 Trikalon Str., GR-43132, Karditsa, Greece.
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Animal Health Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Thessaly, 224 Trikalon Str., GR-43132, Karditsa, Greece.
Heliyon. 2020 Oct 6;6(10):e05177. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05177. eCollection 2020 Oct.
Feline infection by (syn. ) has been described in areas where canine leishmaniosis is endemic. A wide variety of clinicopathological abnormalities have been reported in cats presenting clinical signs of leishmaniosis but there is a paucity of information regarding cats infected by that do not suffer from leishmaniosis but from other diseases. The aim of this study was to compare: a) the frequency of clinicopathological abnormalities and b) the values of hematology, serum biochemistry and urinalysis parameters, between non-infected sick cats and sick cats that were infected by . A total of 50 cats with cutaneous, ocular and/or systemic clinical signs that lived in an endemic area and had been tested for infection by using PCR from four different tissues, were included. Based on the results of PCR, 20/50 cats were found to be infected and 30/50 non-infected. The only difference between the two groups of cats was that the concentration of inorganic phosphorus ( = 0.043) was higher in infected cats. This finding may suggest an association between infection by and feline kidney disease.
在犬利什曼病流行地区已发现猫感染（同义词： ）。已有报道称，出现利什曼病临床症状的猫存在多种临床病理异常，但对于感染 却未患利什曼病而是患有其他疾病的猫，相关信息却很少。本研究的目的是比较：a）临床病理异常的发生率，以及b）未感染的患病猫和感染 的患病猫之间血液学、血清生化和尿液分析参数的值。共有50只生活在流行地区、出现皮肤、眼部和/或全身临床症状且已通过对四种不同组织进行PCR检测 是否感染的猫被纳入研究。根据PCR结果，发现50只猫中有20只被感染，30只未被感染。两组猫之间唯一的差异是，感染猫的无机磷浓度更高（ = 0.043）。这一发现可能表明感染 与猫肾病之间存在关联。
