Chlamydia infection associated with peritonitis in a cat
Dickie, C.W.; Sniff, E.S.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 176(11): 1256-1259
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 7429923 Document Number: 163226
When an adult female cat had a distended abdomen and was lethargic, depressed and cachectic was killed, the abdomen was found to contain about 130 ml of thick, yellowish-brown fluid. Both parietal and visceral peritoneal surfaces were covered with yellowish-white fibrin deposits. Mesenteric lymph nodes were enlarged, the liver was yellowish-tan and hepatocytes were swollen, the spleen was enlarged and there was mild catarrhal enteritis. Serum was negative to feline infectious peritonitis antibodies, and the lungs appeared normal. Squamous cells and macrophages in the fluid contained cellular inclusions of Chlamydia psittaci (which is usually responsible for pneumonitis, upper respiratory infection or conjunctivitis).