Hargis A M, Prieur D J, Gaillard E T
Vet Pathol. 1983 Mar;20(2):170-8. doi: 10.1177/030098588302000204.
Twelve cats, all from research or commercial breeding colonies, had unidentified, intracellular organisms in the gastric mucosa. Histochemical staining and ultrastructural features provided the basis for identification of the organism as a Chlamydia sp. Ultrastructural observations were restricted to one of the 12 infected cats. There was no consistent association of gastric chlamydial infection and clinical disease. The infection was present in apparently healthy cats as well as those with a variety of clinical signs and lesions, especially weight loss of undetermined origin. None of the cats with gastric chlamydial infection had lesions compatible with feline pneumonitis. The significance of gastric chlamydial infection has yet to be established.
12只猫均来自研究或商业繁殖群体，其胃黏膜中存在不明的细胞内生物体。组织化学染色和超微结构特征为将该生物体鉴定为衣原体属提供了依据。超微结构观察仅限于12只受感染猫中的1只。胃衣原体感染与临床疾病之间没有一致的关联。该感染存在于看似健康的猫以及有各种临床症状和病变的猫中，尤其是不明原因的体重减轻。没有一只患有胃衣原体感染的猫有与猫肺炎相符的病变。胃衣原体感染的意义尚待确定。
