Abstract |
Fourteen mice trapped in or near houses were infected with Pneumocystis carinii and the establishment of pneumonia was helped by injecting with cortisone acetate for 6 weeks. Then 16 cats were infected with P. carinii by injection of lung homogenate from the mice which contained from 1.3 x 10(5) to 2.6 x 10(5) P. carinii cysts. The infection resulted in severe cough and tachypnea in Cats 1-8 injected with cortisone acetate, and a subclinical infection in Cats 9-16. In Cats 1-8, the main pathological finding was typical P. carinii pneumonia, but there only was slight swelling of the lungs in Cats 9-16.
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Authors | Y Yuezhong, Z Li, T Baoping |
Journal | Veterinary parasitology
(Vet Parasitol)
Vol. 61
Issue 1-2
Pg. 171-5
(Jan 1996)
ISSN: 0304-4017 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 8750695
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Animals
- Body Temperature
- Cats
- Lung
(microbiology, pathology)
- Mice
- Pneumocystis
(isolation & purification, pathogenicity)
- Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
(pathology, physiopathology)
- Species Specificity
- Time Factors
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