Mycobacterium Microti Infection in the Cat A Case Report, Literature Review and Recent Clinical Experience

• Published in: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 195 - 204
• Main Authors: Rüfenacht, Silvia, Bögli-Stuber, Katja, Bodmer, Thomas, Jaunin, Valérie F Bornand, Jmaa, Danielle C Gonin, Gunn-Moore, Danièlle A
• Format: Book Review Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2011
• Subjects: Animals; Cat Diseases - diagnosis; Cat Diseases - microbiology; Cat Diseases - therapy; Cats; Clinical Review; Diagnosis, Differential; Dog Diseases - diagnosis; Dog Diseases - microbiology; Dog Diseases - therapy; Dogs; Female; Mandibular Diseases - diagnosis; Mandibular Diseases - therapy; Mandibular Diseases - veterinary; Mycobacterium - classification; Mycobacterium - isolation & purification; Mycobacterium Infections - diagnosis; Mycobacterium Infections - therapy; Mycobacterium Infections - veterinary

Overview Mycobacterium microti infection is infrequently described in cats in the veterinary literature. It can be one of a large number of possible differential diagnoses in a feline patient with dermal nodules and non-healing draining ulcers, and can occasionally spread to involve the lungs and/or...