Yersinia pestis (Plague) and Other Yersinioses
Chapter 55 Yersinia pestis (Plague) and Other Yersinioses Jane E. Sykes and Bruno B. Chomel Overview of Plague First Described: Descriptions of plague date back to around 1300 bc. The…
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Streptococcal and Enterococcal Infections
Chapter 34 Streptococcal and Enterococcal Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Streptococcal and Enterococcal Infections First Described: Streptococci were first described in Germany in 1868 by Billroth.1 Enterococci were separated…
Neosporosis
Chapter 73 Neosporosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Neosporosis First Described: 1984, in boxer dogs in Norway (Bjerkas and others)1 Cause: Neospora caninum, a coccidial protozoan parasite (phylum Apicomplexa) Affected…
Hemoplasma Infections
Chapter 41 Hemoplasma Infections Jane E. Sykes and Séverine Tasker Overview of Hemoplasma Infections First Described: Feline hemoplasmas, South Africa, 1942 (Clark)1; canine hemoplasmas, Germany, 1928 (Kikuth)2 Cause: Mycoplasma haemofelis,…
Intra-abdominal Infections
Chapter 88 Intra-abdominal Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Bacterial Intra-abdominal and Hepatobiliary Infections Causes: Most commonly Escherichia coli, Enterococcus spp., and anaerobes; less often other gram-negative aerobes, Streptococcus, and…
Giardiasis
Chapter 79 Giardiasis Michael R. Lappin Overview of Giardiasis First Described: Trophozoites that were likely Giardia spp. were first described in 1681 by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (who found the parasite…
Trichomoniasis
Chapter 80 Trichomoniasis Michael R. Lappin Overview of Trichomoniasis First Described: Trophozoites that were likely to be Tritrichomonas foetus have been recognized in cat feces for many years, but T….
Gastric Helicobacter-like Infections
Chapter 49 Gastric Helicobacter-like Infections Jane E. Sykes and Stanley L. Marks Overview of Helicobacter Infections in Dogs and Cats First Described: 1881 by Rappin (France),1 who observed spiral bacteria…
Feline Leukemia Virus Infection
Chapter 22 Feline Leukemia Virus Infection Jane E. Sykes and Katrin Hartmann Overview of Feline Leukemia Virus Infection First Described: Scotland, 1964 (Jarrett et al.)1 Cause: Feline leukemia virus (family…
Campylobacteriosis
Chapter 47 Campylobacteriosis Jane E. Sykes and Stanley L. Marks Overview of Campylobacteriosis First Described: Germany, 1886 (Theodor Escherich)1; the organism was not isolated until the 1950s Cause: Campylobacter spp….
