Studdert M J, Studdert V P, Wirth H J
Aust Vet J. 1981 Nov;57(11):515-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1981.tb05787.x.
Chlamydia psittaci was repeatedly demonstrated in stained smears of conjunctival scrapings from a group of cats in a single household and in 5 instances the organism was isolated by yolk sac inoculation of 6-day-old pathogen free, embryonated hen eggs. Thirteen of 15 cats in the cattery developed conjunctivitis at various times over a 9-month period. The outstanding features of the disease were its severity, chronicity and refractoriness to treatment. Prolonged (2 week) treatment with tetracycline was required to effect clinical recovery. Nine of 14 cats in the household developed significant complement-fixing (CF) antibody titres (greater than 128) to the chlamydia group antigen. A single serum from the owner had a titre of 32 although no associated illness was recognized. Of 134 serums collected from random source cats aged 1 month to 16 years, 17 (12.7%) also contained CF antibody to chlamydia group antigen. This is the first report of the isolation of chlamydia from cats with conjunctivitis outside North America and the first report to indicate general incidence figures for chlamydia infection of cats where vaccination is not used.
从一个家庭中的一组猫的结膜刮片中反复在染色涂片中发现鹦鹉热衣原体，并且有5次通过将6日龄无病原体的鸡胚接种到卵黄囊中分离出该病原体。在9个月的时间里，猫舍中的15只猫中有13只在不同时间患上结膜炎。该疾病的突出特点是其严重性、慢性以及对治疗的难治性。需要用四环素进行长时间（2周）治疗才能实现临床康复。该家庭中14只猫中有9只对衣原体属群抗原产生了显著的补体结合（CF）抗体效价（大于128）。主人的一份血清效价为32，尽管未发现相关疾病。从1月龄至16岁的随机来源猫中收集的134份血清中，有17份（12.7%）也含有针对衣原体属群抗原的CF抗体。这是北美以外从患有结膜炎的猫中分离出衣原体的首次报告，也是第一份表明在未使用疫苗接种情况下猫衣原体感染总体发病率数据的报告。
