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A rare case of feline congenital Toxoplasma gondii infection: fatal outcome of systemic toxoplasmosis for the mother and its kitten.
[congenital toxoplasmosis]
This
report
describes
a
case
of
fatal
systemic
toxoplasmosis
in
a
2
.
5
-
year
-old
mixed
breed
pregnant
cat
and
its
kittens
.
The
pregnant
cat
was
presented
to
the
gynecology
clinic
with
symptoms
of
dystocia
.
The
ultrasound
examination
revealed
the
presence
of
five
fetuses
in
the
uterus
,
three
of
which
were
not
alive
,
and
consequently
a
cesarean
section
was
performed
.
However
,
the
mother
cat
and
the
remaining
two
live
kittens
died
two
and
ten
days
after
cesarean
section
,
respectively
.
Pathologically
,
severe
alveolar
edema
,
tachyzoite-like
structures
in
the
alveolar
macrophages
and
multifocal
necroses
in
the
lungs
of
mother
cat
were
observed
.
An
intense
Toxoplasma
gondii
immunopositive
reaction
was
observed
in
the
cytoplasms
of
alveolar
macrophages
,
bronchial
and
bronchiolar
epithelia
,
necrotic
foci
in
the
lungs
,
and
Kupffer
cells
of
the
liver
.
PCR
analyses
amplified
T
.
gondii
DNA
in
tissue
samples
of
the
mother
cat
and
kittens
.
The
present
study
provides
strong
evidence
for
a
transplacental
transmission
of
T
.
gondii
infection
with
deadly
outcome
for
the
mother
cat
,
fetuses
and
kittens
.
As
to
the
authors
'
knowledge
,
this
report
is
the
first
case
of
fatal
congenital
toxoplasmosis
in
domestic
cats
in
Turkey
.
Diseases
Validation
Diseases presenting
"edema"
symptom
acute rheumatic fever
adrenomyeloneuropathy
aniridia
cadasil
canavan disease
classical phenylketonuria
coats disease
congenital toxoplasmosis
cushing syndrome
cutaneous mastocytosis
erythropoietic protoporphyria
esophageal carcinoma
fabry disease
familial mediterranean fever
focal myositis
harlequin ichthyosis
homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria
inclusion body myositis
lamellar ichthyosis
liposarcoma
lymphangioleiomyomatosis
malignant atrophic papulosis
pleomorphic liposarcoma
systemic capillary leak syndrome
trochlear dysplasia
von hippel-lindau disease
waldenström macroglobulinemia
This symptom has already been validated
