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Pyothorax associated with Salmonella and Pseudomonas spp. infection in a FIV-positive cat

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Pyothorax associated with Salmonella and Pseudomonas spp. infection in a 2-year-old female domestic shorthair cat is described in this clinical report. The cat had cachexia with a past history of diarrhea and severe dyspnea. Retrovirus testing by using rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showed that the animal was infected with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Radiography showed severe pleural effusion. On postmortem examination, pyothorax with extensive deposition of fibrin on pleural membranes and tracheobronchial tree and pulmonary congestion were seen. Salmonella and Pseudomonas spp. was isolated from drained effusion. It seems that immunodeficiency caused by FIV infection was the main predisposing factor for spreading of Salmonella and Pseudomonas spp. from gastrointestinal tract to thoracic cavity by hematogenous route in this case.

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  1. Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, P.O.Box 76169133, Kerman, Iran

    Baharak Akhtardanesh & Mahyar Hejazi

  2. Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Samira Hosseini Hooshyar

  3. Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

    Zeinab Abiri

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Akhtardanesh, B., Hooshyar, S.H., Abiri, Z. et al. Pyothorax associated with Salmonella and Pseudomonas spp. infection in a FIV-positive cat. Comp Clin Pathol 24, 1253–1255 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00580-015-2084-1

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