Abstract
A 2-month-old female Persian cat that had been showing episodes of anorexia and diarrhea for the previous 4 weeks was presented in shock and died 2 days later. Numerous Gram-positive cocci were located along the brush border of small intestinal villi, without significant inflammatory infiltration. Similar bacteria were present within hepatic bile ducts and pancreatic ducts and were associated with suppurative inflammation and exfoliation of epithelial cells. Culture of the liver and lung yielded bacteria identified as Enterococcus hirae. Fecal culture from an asymptomatic adult female from the same cattery also yielded large numbers of E. hirae. To our knowledge, this is the first report of E. hirae enteropathy in a cat and the first report of ascending cholangitis and ductal pancreatitis caused by an Enterococcus spp.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 282-284 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Veterinary Pathology |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Bacterial infections
- Cats
- Enteritis
- Enterococcus
- Hepatitis
- Pancreatitis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- veterinary(all)
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Enterococcus hirae enteropathy with ascending cholangitis and pancreatitis in a kitten. / Lapointe, J. M.; Higgins, Robert; Barrette, N.; Milette, S.
In: Veterinary Pathology, Vol. 37, No. 3, 01.01.2000, p. 282-284.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Enterococcus hirae enteropathy with ascending cholangitis and pancreatitis in a kitten
AU - Lapointe, J. M.
AU - Higgins, Robert
AU - Barrette, N.
AU - Milette, S.
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - A 2-month-old female Persian cat that had been showing episodes of anorexia and diarrhea for the previous 4 weeks was presented in shock and died 2 days later. Numerous Gram-positive cocci were located along the brush border of small intestinal villi, without significant inflammatory infiltration. Similar bacteria were present within hepatic bile ducts and pancreatic ducts and were associated with suppurative inflammation and exfoliation of epithelial cells. Culture of the liver and lung yielded bacteria identified as Enterococcus hirae. Fecal culture from an asymptomatic adult female from the same cattery also yielded large numbers of E. hirae. To our knowledge, this is the first report of E. hirae enteropathy in a cat and the first report of ascending cholangitis and ductal pancreatitis caused by an Enterococcus spp.
AB - A 2-month-old female Persian cat that had been showing episodes of anorexia and diarrhea for the previous 4 weeks was presented in shock and died 2 days later. Numerous Gram-positive cocci were located along the brush border of small intestinal villi, without significant inflammatory infiltration. Similar bacteria were present within hepatic bile ducts and pancreatic ducts and were associated with suppurative inflammation and exfoliation of epithelial cells. Culture of the liver and lung yielded bacteria identified as Enterococcus hirae. Fecal culture from an asymptomatic adult female from the same cattery also yielded large numbers of E. hirae. To our knowledge, this is the first report of E. hirae enteropathy in a cat and the first report of ascending cholangitis and ductal pancreatitis caused by an Enterococcus spp.
KW - Bacterial infections
KW - Cats
KW - Enteritis
KW - Enterococcus
KW - Hepatitis
KW - Pancreatitis
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JO - Veterinary Pathology
JF - Veterinary Pathology
SN - 0300-9858
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