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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5321-5324, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5321-5324.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Capnocytophaga sp. Isolated from a Cat with Chronic Sinusitis and Rhinitis

Erin Frey, Barrak Pressler, James Guy, Christian Pitulle, and Edward Breitschwerdt*

College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606

Received 4 March 2002/ Returned for modification 16 August 2003/ Accepted 23 January 2003

A Capnocytophaga sp. was inadvertently isolated from a cat with chronic sinusitis and rhinitis when cytopathic effects were observed in Crandall-Reese feline kidney cells that had been inoculated with oropharyngeal swab samples. Although Capnocytophaga spp. are of considerable zoonotic importance, their clinical relevance for dogs or cats has not been established. However, failure to do so may be attributed to the infrequent use of specialized isolation techniques that are required to grow Capnocytophaga spp. To our knowledge, successful isolation of these organisms from a cat with nasopharyngeal disease has not been reported.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dept. of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27606-1428. Phone: (919) 513-6234. Fax: (919) 513-6336. E-mail: ed_breitschwerdt{at}ncsu.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5321-5324, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5321-5324.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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