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Suspected ehrlichial infection in five cats from a household

1997; American Veterinary Medical Association; Volume: 210; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2460/javma.1997.210.02.231

1943-569X

George Μ. Peavy, Cynthia J. Holland, Sukanta K. Dutta, Geoffrey Smith, Adrienne Moore, Lon J. Rich, Michael R. Lappin, Keith Richter,

Vector-borne infectious diseases

Ehrlichiosis is a poorly recognized condition of cats that may be associated with anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, or dysproteinemia. Affected cats may have indirect fluorescent antibody titers to Ehrlichia canis and E risticii. We reviewed the clinical evaluation and response to treatment of 5 cats in a household where ehrlichial disease was suspected as the cause of recurrent leukopenias and thrombocytopenias. All of the cats had E risticii indirect fluorescent antibody titers and western blot confirmation of antibodies to 4 of the 9 major antigens of E risticii. Response to doxycycline was monitored serologically and hematologically in each cat, and indicated that administration of doxycycline at a dosage of 10 mg/kg of body weight, PO, every 12 hours, for a minimum of 21 days is necessary for treatment of this condition.