Pericardial Abscess Associated with Mycoplasma arginini: A Rare Case from a Cat

Abstract

A two and half-year-old, mix breed, male cat was admitted to Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Teaching Hospital with respiratory disstress and coughing lasting for a month. The initial examinations of ultrasound and radiography, a pericardial abcess was detected near the right side of heart and was drained with pericardiosynthesis. Bacteriological methods based on colony morphology, sugar fermentation tests and molecular confirmation using 16S rRNA-23S rRNA specific primers were performed to identify of M. arginini from pericardial abcess. Patient was treated with azythromycin and enrofloxacin. Full recovery was observed during follow-up examination after a month. The findings of this case increase our understanding for pathogen M. arginini in cats and zoonotic importance has been emphasized for pet owners.