Ueno H, Hohdatsu T, Muramatsu Y, Koyama H, Morita C
Department of Veterinary Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakunogakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan.
Microbiol Immunol. 1996;40(9):617-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01118.x.
It was found that Bartonella henselae (B. henselae) may induce clinical disorders in cats in natural conditions from a comparison of the serological status for B. henselae with the serostatus for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and several clinical characteristics in 170 domestic cats. Seropositivity for B. henselae was not significantly different between FIV antibody-positive and -negative cats (18.4% vs 16.0%). The incidence of clinical characteristics were compared among four cat groups distinguished by the reactivity of sera against B. henselae and FIV. The incidence of lymph node swelling was lower in only FIV antibody-positive cats (3.0%), but higher in B. henselae antibody-positive cats (13.6%) and significantly higher in both B. henselae and FIV antibody-positive cats (42.9%) compared with the incidence of lymph node swelling in cats which were negative for both antibodies (5.5%). The same relation was also observed for the incidence of gingivitis among the 4 cat groups, suggesting that coinfection of B. henselae and FIV may be associated with gingivitis and lymphadenopathy in cats.
通过比较170只家猫的汉赛巴尔通体（B. henselae）血清学状态、猫免疫缺陷病毒（FIV）血清状态及若干临床特征，发现汉赛巴尔通体在自然条件下可能诱发猫的临床疾病。FIV抗体阳性和阴性猫之间的汉赛巴尔通体血清阳性率无显著差异（分别为18.4%和16.0%）。根据血清对汉赛巴尔通体和FIV的反应性区分的四组猫中，比较了临床特征的发生率。仅FIV抗体阳性猫的淋巴结肿大发生率较低（3.0%），而汉赛巴尔通体抗体阳性猫的发生率较高（13.6%），与两种抗体均为阴性的猫相比，汉赛巴尔通体和FIV抗体均阳性猫的淋巴结肿大发生率显著更高（42.9%）（5.5%）。在四组猫中，牙龈炎的发生率也观察到相同的关系，这表明汉赛巴尔通体和FIV的合并感染可能与猫的牙龈炎和淋巴结病有关。
