Chapter 36 Gram-negative Bacterial Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Gram-negative Bacteria First Described: Gram-negative bacteria were first described in Berlin by the Danish scientist Hans Christian Gram in 1884…
Chapter 21 Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Jane E. Sykes Overview of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection First Described: California, 1986 (Pedersen)1; serologic evidence of infection dates back to the 1960s2,3 Cause:…
Chapter 43 Nocardiosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Nocardiosis First Described: 1888, Alfort, France (Edmond Nocard)1 Causes: Nocardia spp. (order Actinomycetales, family Nocardiaceae) Geographic Distribution: Worldwide, although infections in dogs…
Chapter 66 Rhinosporidiosis Jane E. Sykes Overview of Rhinosporidiosis First Described: In the 1890s, in Argentina (by Malbran and then by Seeber)1 Cause: Rhinosporidium seeberi (kingdom Protista, class Mesomycetozoea) Affected…
Chapter 82 Isosporiasis Michael R. Lappin Overview of Isosporiasis First Described: Coccidian parasites were first described in dogs and cats in the 1800s; the organisms were placed in the genus…
Chapter 45 Salmonellosis Jane E. Sykes and Stanley L. Marks Overview of Salmonellosis First Described: Washington, DC, United States, 1885 (Theobald Smith and Daniel Salmon)1 Cause: Salmonella spp. (gram-negative rods…
Chapter 40 Mycoplasma Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Infections First Described: Dogs, Japan 1934 (Shoetensack).1 Reports of human Mycoplasma infections also occurred around this time.2 Causes:…
Chapter 90 Bacterial Meningitis Craig E. Greene Overview of Canine and Feline Bacterial Meningitis Cause: Bacterial meningitis is caused by a variety of pyogenic bacteria that enter the subdural space….
Chapter 14 Canine Parvovirus Infections and Other Viral Enteritides Jane E. Sykes Overview of Canine Parvoviral Enteritis First Described: 1978, worldwide, Appel and others1 Cause: Canine parvovirus-2 variants (Family Parvoviridae,…
