Cutaneous pyogranuloma in a cat caused by virulent Rhodococcus equi containing an 87 kb type I plasmid

doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00094.x

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Australian Veterinary Journal

Volume 85 Issue 1-2, Pages 29 - 31

Published Online: 14 Feb 2007

The Journal of the Australian Veterinary Association Ltd

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CASE REPORT

Cutaneous pyogranuloma in a cat caused by virulent Rhodococcus equi containing an 87 kb type I plasmid

MR Farias ^a , S Takai ^b , MG Ribeiro ^c , VE Fabris ^d and SRVS Franco ^e

^a Center of the Agraries and Ambiental Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
^b Department of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Japan; takai@vmas.kitasato-u.ac.jp
^c Infectious Diseases of the Domestic Animals, Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, UNESP/Botucatu, Brazil
^d Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, UNESP/Botucatu, Brazil
^e Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil

KEYWORDS

cat • dermatology • bacterial • Rhodococcus • pyogranulomatous

Aust Vet J 2007;85:29–31
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00094.x

ABSTRACT

A 2-year-old intact male domestic shorthaired cat presented with a chronic, nodular, ulcerated, cutaneous lesion on the right thoracic limb. Histological and cytological examination revealed a pyogranulomatous inflammation with basophilic organisms in the macrophages. A virulent form of Rhodococcus equi containing an 87 kb type I (VapA) virulence plasmid was identified from cultures of biopsy samples. This report describes the clinicopathological features, plasmid profile and virulence of this case of R equi infection.

(Accepted for publication 11 October 2006)

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