Relationship of lower urinary tract signs to seropositivity for feline immunodeficiency virus in cats

• Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 34 - 38
• Main Authors: Barsanti, J.A. (University of Georgia, Athens, GA.), Brown, J, Marks, A, Reece, L, Greene, C.E, Finco, D.R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.1996
• Subjects: AIDS/HIV; Animals; BACTERIOSE; BACTERIOSES; BACTERIOSIS; Cat Diseases - immunology; Cat Diseases - physiopathology; CATS; CHAT; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC; DIAGNOSTICO; ENFERMEDADES DEL TRACTO URINARIO; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary; Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - immunology; Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - physiopathology; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; Female; GATO; LENTIVIRUS; MALADIE DE L'APPAREIL URINAIRE; Male; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Urinary Tract - immunology; URINARY TRACT DISEASES; Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena; Urologic Diseases - immunology; Urologic Diseases - physiopathology; Urologic Diseases - veterinary
• ISSN: 0891-6640; 1939-1676
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1996.tb02021.x

A group of 41 cats with signs of lower urinary tract disease was compared to a group of 41 cats without any history of disease for prevalence of seropositivity for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). The group of healthy cats was similar in age and gender to the group of cats with signs of lower urinary tract disease. Three of the cats with lower urinary tract disease and one control cat were seropositive for FIV. This difference was not statistically significant. The most common cause of lower urinary tract signs was idiopathic. Only 7 cats had urinary tract infection, most associated with perineal urethrostomy or catheterization. Six of the cats with bacterial urinary tract infections were FIV negative. J Vet Intern Med 1996;10:34–38. Copyright © 1996 by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.