Diagnosis and therapy in feline calicivirosis

Feline infectious respiratory complex may represent a major problem in cat shelters (cattery) since the disease occurs most often in young kittens, before weaning - usually around age 4 to 8 weeks, when the maternal immunity decreases. The source of infection is often the mother cat, which carries the virus and the latent infection has been reactivated during lactation. Therefore, the vaccinations of the mother-cat should be carried out prior to mating. This study was conducted during September 2013 - December 2015 and took place in the Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Iasi. The research involved a total of 94 cats which were presented to the clinic with suspicion of an infectious disease, of which 76 had respiratory infections and 18 cats were suspected for other infectious diseases. Following the physical examination and establishing the diagnosis, the cats were subjected to a local and general therapy, and according to the severity of symptoms several schemes of therapy were applied. One of the protocols included Virbagen Omega product, a recombinant omega interferon for cats. Antibiotic therapy has been used for the treatment of the secondary bacterial infections, while for viral infections, there was no specific treatment. The animals remain virus carrier and eliminator after passing through the disease. Therapy with interferon may be expensive and lengthy, without guaranteeing advantages. In the shelters with healthy cats, the immunoprophylaxis was applied, according to the schedule recommended by the manufacturer

Prenatally Diagnosed Infantile Myofibroma of Sartorius Muscle—A Differential for Soft Tissue Masses in Early Infancy

Background: Infantile myofibromatosis (IM) is a soft tissue disease with solitary or multiple benign tumors, and an etiology still unknown. IM is a mesenchymal disorder of early infancy and is more frequent in males. IM may present as a solitary lesion of the skin, bone, muscle, subcutaneous tissue, located at the head, neck, and trunk, with good prognosis; or, as a multicentric form, with or without visceral involvement (heart, lung, gastrointestinal tract, kidney), with a poor prognosis. The definitive diagnosis of IM is confirmed by pathology. Treatment may be conservative, surgical, or chemotherapeutical. Case presentation: A two months old female patient, prenatally diagnosed at 30 weeks, presenting with a tumor on the antero-internal aspect of the left thigh. She was admitted due to rapid postnatal evolution, and the patient required surgery for tumor resection. Previously, clinically, biological and imaging investigations were performed, but the final diagnosis was histological and by immunostaining. The patient had a favorable postoperative outcome. Conclusions: Despite its low frequency, IM should be considered in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue masses at an early age. The clinical form (solitary or multicentric), location, and visceral involvement will dictate the treatment and prognosis