Table 1 Summary of signalment, clinical findings and diagnostics tests results in six cats with cutaneous leishmaniosis
From: Clinical and diagnostic aspects of feline cutaneous leishmaniosis in Venezuela
Cat ID | Signalment and clinical description (city) | ELISA (EU) | Western blot (bands kDa) | Microscopical observations | Leishmania spp. kinetoplast qPCR | Leishmania spp. ITS1 qPCR | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. infantum | L. braziliensis | L. infantum | L. braziliensis | Cytology | Biopsy H/E | IHC | Blood | Skin lesions | Skin lesions | ||||
Biopsy | Cytology | Biopsy | Cytology | ||||||||||
FeV1 | Adult, male, ulcerative nodular lesion on the nose (Cabudare) | − 4.5 | − 7.1 | – | + (14, 18, 22, 38) | – | – | + | – | np | np | np | np |
FeV2 | Adult, female, ulcerative nodular lesion in the nose pinna and interdigital area (Cabudare) | − 2.4 | − 3.7 | – | – | – | + | + | – | + | np | – | np |
FeV3 | 8 months male ulcerated nodule on the nose (QuÃbor) | + 22.5 | + 27.2 | + (16–20, 24–30, 46) | + (14–20, 24–36, 42, 46–52) | + | + | + | – | + | + | – | +b |
FeV4a | Adult, female, ulcerative lesion in the pinna (QuÃbor) | np | np | np | np | + | np | np | + | np | + | np | +c |
FeV5 | Adult, female, ulcerative nodular lesion in the nose (Barquisimeto) | − 6.2 | − 9.0 | – | + (18, 24, 28, 65, 70) | + | + | + | + | + | + | – | – |
FeV6 | Adult, female nasal ulcer (Barquisimeto) | + 38.0 | + 52.5 | – | + (16, 28, 30–36, 42, 46, 70) | + | + | + | + | + | np | – | np |