Meepoo Wannisa, Jaroensong Tassanee, Pruksakorn Chantima, Rattanasrisomporn Jatuporn
Kasetsart University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand.
Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan Rd., Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Jun 17;12(12):1572. doi: 10.3390/ani12121572.
Chronic rhinitis is a quite common upper respiratory tract (URT) disease in cats. As a result of unclear etiology, frequently, multidrug-resistant bacteria are identified. This study investigated bacterial isolations and an antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) in chronic rhinitis in cats. The medical records of 395 cats with chronic URT signs were reviewed at the Kasetsart University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (KUVTH) between 2016 and 2021 to survey the underlying causes of URT. Then, apart from rhinitis, other causes were excluded to identify the bacterial species and antimicrobial susceptibility. The results indicated that the most frequent finding was neoplasia, followed by rhinitis and anatomical defects. Furthermore, the only significant association was between the age range and disease group, with gender, FIV, or FeLV infection not being significant. Rhinitis was 4.7 times more likely to occur than neoplasia in younger and young adult cats in the age range < 1−3 years compared to the group > 10 years. The main bacterial species was the Pseudomonas species. Antimicrobials with a susceptibility rate of more than 90% were amikacin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, marbofloxacin, imipenem, and meropenem. In conclusion, rhinitis was the second most common chronic URT disease in cats and was more common in younger and young adult cats. The predominant bacteria with AST in this study reflect the antimicrobial resistance situation. Thus, antimicrobial usage should follow antimicrobial use guidelines first.
慢性鼻炎是猫中一种相当常见的上呼吸道疾病。由于病因不明，经常会发现多重耐药菌。本研究调查了猫慢性鼻炎中的细菌分离情况及抗菌药敏试验（AST）。2016年至2021年期间，在泰国农业大学兽医学院教学医院（KUVTH）对395只患有慢性上呼吸道症状的猫的病历进行了回顾，以调查上呼吸道疾病的潜在病因。然后，排除鼻炎以外的其他病因，以确定细菌种类和抗菌药敏情况。结果表明，最常见的发现是肿瘤，其次是鼻炎和解剖缺陷。此外，唯一显著的关联是年龄范围与疾病组之间的关联，而性别、猫免疫缺陷病毒（FIV）或猫白血病病毒（FeLV）感染并无显著关联。与年龄大于10岁的组相比，年龄在<1 - 3岁的年轻和年轻成年猫中，鼻炎发生的可能性比肿瘤高4.7倍。主要细菌种类是假单胞菌属。药敏率超过90%的抗菌药物有阿米卡星、庆大霉素、环丙沙星、诺氟沙星、马波沙星、亚胺培南和美罗培南。总之，鼻炎是猫中第二常见的慢性上呼吸道疾病，在年轻和年轻成年猫中更为常见。本研究中AST的主要细菌反映了抗菌药物耐药情况。因此，抗菌药物的使用应首先遵循抗菌药物使用指南。
