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PROGNOSIS & OUTCOME Prevention Decaro N, et al: Molecular surveillance of traditional
Avoid overcrowding and stressful situations. and emerging pathogens associated with canine
infectious respiratory disease. Vet Microbiol
VetBooks.ir For upper respiratory infection, prognosis is (e.g., Bordetella bronchiseptica, canine parainflu- Hartmann AD, et al: Detection of bacterial and Diseases and Disorders
Vaccination to prevent comorbid infections
Prognosis varies with disease type and severity.
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good.
enza, feline herpes virus) may reduce morbidity
viral organisms from the conjunctiva of cats with
PEARLS & CONSIDERATIONS due to Mycoplasma spp respiratory infection. conjunctivitis and upper respiratory tract disease.
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Technician Tips Ilha MRS, et al: Meningoencephalitis caused by
Comments Mycoplasma spp can be transmitted by fomites. Mycoplasma edwardii in a dog. J Vet Diagn Invest
• Most Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma spp found It is important to use biosecurity precautions 22:805-808, 2010.
on pets are commensal organisms and are when handling any dog or cat with upper Johnson LR, et al: Microbiologic and cytologic
not associated with any disease. respiratory signs of undetermined cause. assessment of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from
• When these organisms are identified in an dogs with lower respiratory tract infection: 105 cases
(2001–2011). J Vet Intern Med 27:259-267, 2013.
animal with compatible disease signs, it may SUGGESTED READING Ogata M: Recovery and identification of canine
or may not reflect causation. Priestnall SL, et al: New and emerging pathogens and feline mycoplasmas. Methods Mycoplasmol
• Increasingly, evidence points to a role for in canine infectious respiratory disease. Vet Pathol 2:105-113, 2012.
M. cynos as a respiratory pathogen in pet 51:492-504, 2014. Pinkos AC, et al: Transient cold agglutinins associated
animals. with Mycoplasma cynos pneumonia in a dog. Vet
• Mycoplasma spp can be commonly identified ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED Clin Pathol 44:498-502, 2015.
in lavage fluid from dogs with pneumonia READINGS AUTHOR: Leah A. Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
but usually in association with additional Canonne AM, et al: Quantitative PCR and cytol- EDITOR: Joseph Taboada, DVM, DACVIM
bacterial pathogens. ogy of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in dogs with
Bordetella bronchiseptica infection. J Vet Intern Med
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