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- Title
STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA AS A CAUSATIVE AGENT OF CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN SCOTTISH FOLD TOMCAT: A CASE REPORT.
- Authors
Gülersoy, Erdem; Erol, Büşra Burcu
- Abstract
Sneezing and nasal discharge are common in cats with respiratory diseases. Bacterial, viral and fungal agents are included in the etiology of respiratory diseases. Although Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) is accepted as a harmless commensal and a colonizer due to its actions that are not enough to initiate neither an immune response nor clinical symptoms, it was isolated from animals with chronic respiratory disease. In this case report, identification and treatment of S. maltophilia in a cat with chronic respiratory disease, whose treatment was not successful with the use of empirical antibiotics, were presented. The physical examination of the cat revealed normal vital signs and prominent bilateral mucopurulent nasal discharge. No abnormal blood analysis results were observed except mild respiratory acidosis, lymphocytosis and elevated alkaline phosphatase enzyme activity. After ruling out fungal factors and systemic viral infections, the agent was identified on the basis of aerobic culture. A complete recovery was achieved by the treatment protocol including secretolytic (ambroxol, 1 mg/kg), decongestant (oxymetazoline, 0.05%) and antibiotic (enroflaxacin, 5 mg/kg) administrations based on the antibiogram results performed by the disc diffusion method (Mueller-Hinton Agar). All follow-up clinical and blood parameters were within reference ranges. Therefore, it was concluded that S. maltophilia should be considered in the etiology of persistent, antibiotic-resistant chronic respiratory diseases of cats, and that an antibiogram and agent identification are important in establishing the final diagnosis.
- Subjects
RESPIRATORY diseases; STENOTROPHOMONAS maltophilia; RESPIRATORY agents; CHRONIC diseases; ETIOLOGY of diseases
- Publication
Veterinaria, 2021, Vol 70, Issue 3, p373
- ISSN
0372-6827
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51607/22331360.2021.70.3.373