Pet cats as carriers of Arcobacter spp. in Southern Italy

• Published in: Journal of applied microbiology Vol. 106; no. 5; pp. 1661 - 1666
• Main Authors: Fera, M.T., La Camera, E., Carbone, M., Malara, D., Pennisi, M.G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2009; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Domestic; Arcobacter; Arcobacter - genetics; Arcobacter - isolation & purification; Arcobacter butzleri; Arcobacter cryaerophilus; Arcobacter spp; Bacteremia - microbiology; Biological and medical sciences; blood; Carrier State - epidemiology; Carrier State - microbiology; Carrier State - transmission; Cat Diseases - epidemiology; Cat Diseases - microbiology; Cat Diseases - transmission; Cats; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - epidemiology; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - transmission; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - veterinary; Italy - epidemiology; lymph node; Lymph Nodes - microbiology; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Male; Microbiology; Mouth - microbiology; oral swab; PCR; pet cats; Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary; Prevalence; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Species Specificity; Italy; Europe; Fissipedia; Carnivora; pet cats; Lymph node; Applied microbiology; Arcobacter spp; oral swab; Blood; Polymerase chain reaction; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Cat; PCR

Aims:  To evaluate the presence of Arcobacter spp. in different biological samples from domestic cats in Southern Italy by using a species‐specific PCR assay and thus to elucidate their potential significance as sources of human infection. Methods and Results:  We investigated the prevalence of Arco...