Case Report: Therapy of Streptococcal Pneumonia in a Cat
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- 10.2991/absr.k.220406.089How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Amoxicillin; Cat; Pneumonia; Streptococcus
- Abstract
Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by bacteria, including Streptococcus sp. Identification of the cause of pneumonia in cats is very necessary so that diagnosis and therapy will be more precise. This study reports on the diagnosis and therapy of streptococcal pneumonia on a cat. A 10-month-old intact male cat used in this case report was diagnosed with streptococcal pneumonia based on physical and laboratory examination. The cat showed dyspnoea, serous discharge from the nose, body temperature 40oC, and wheezing breath sounds on lung auscultation, with neutrophilia and lymphocytopenia. Microbiological examination of nasal samples could be identified Streptococcus sp. A cat treated with amoxicillin at a dose of 10 mg/kg body weight (BW) intramuscularly daily for 6 days, and diphenhydramine HCl at a dose of 2 mg/kg BW, dexamethasone 0.25 mg/kg BW intramuscularly 2 times a day, and B-complex 0.44 mL daily for 11 days. On the 4th day of treatment, the cat’s appetite was good and there was no more discharge from his nose. On the 8th day, the cat had normal breath sounds, and on the 11th day, the cat was healthy with normal hematological parameters. Concluded the cat diagnosed streptococcal pneumonia, and the treatment of amoxicillin, diphenhydramine HCl, dexamethasone, and multivitamin have increased health status.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
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TY - CONF AU - Riskha Nurmi Nataria AU - Soedarmanto Indarjulianto AU - Yanuartono AU - Alfarisa Nururrozi AU - Slamet Raharjo AU - Hary Purnamaningsih AU - Heldiar Soedarmanto AU - Puveanthan Nagappan Govendan PY - 2022 DA - 2022/05/02 TI - Case Report: Therapy of Streptococcal Pneumonia in a Cat BT - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Biological Science (ICBS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 626 EP - 628 SN - 2468-5747 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/absr.k.220406.089 DO - 10.2991/absr.k.220406.089 ID - Nataria2022 ER -