Un cas de leishmaniose féline disséminée dans le sud de la France

  • Pocholle E
  • Reyes-Gomez E
  • Giacomo A
  • et al.
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A case of feline leishmaniasis in the south of France We report a case of disseminated feline leishmaniasis in a FIV-seropositive 14-year-old male cat (Felis catus) living in the Alpes-Maritimes (south of France). The cat presented with erythematous ulcerated papules on the head and withers, and with an ulcerated proliferative lesion on the left pinnae. The condition was diagnosed, along with a squamous cell carcinoma of the pinnae, after histopathological examination of the cutaneous lesions. Total remission of the cutaneous lesions was obtained after oral administration of 100 mg of allopurinol once a day for four months. Necropsic samples revealed that the parasite was still present in the organism after six months of treatment. This case discusses of the cat sensibility to the leishmaniasis pathology and of his potential ability of being a reservoir host.

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Pocholle, E., Reyes-Gomez, E., Giacomo, A., Delaunay, P., Hasseine, L., & Marty, P. (2012). Un cas de leishmaniose féline disséminée dans le sud de la France. Parasite, 19(1), 77–80. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2012191077

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