Difference between revisions of "Cholangitis, Neutrophilic"
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Also known as ''suppurative cholangitis'', ''exudative cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis'' and ''acute cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis''. | Also known as ''suppurative cholangitis'', ''exudative cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis'' and ''acute cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis''. | ||
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==Signalment== | ==Signalment== | ||
| + | More common in cats than in dogs. | ||
==Aetiology and Pathogenesis== | ==Aetiology and Pathogenesis== | ||
| − | Neutrophilic cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis results from asecending bacterial infection from the small intestines. ''Escherichia coli'', ''Staphylococcus spp.'', ''Streptococcus spp.'', ''Clostridium spp.'', ''Bacillus'', ''Actinomyces'', ''Bacteroides'' and occasionally ''Salmonella spp.'' have been isolated. Concurrent | + | Neutrophilic cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis results from asecending bacterial infection from the small intestines. ''Escherichia coli'', ''Staphylococcus spp.'', ''Streptococcus spp.'', ''Clostridium spp.'', ''Bacillus'', ''Actinomyces'', ''Bacteroides'' and occasionally ''Salmonella spp.'' have been isolated. Concurrent biliary tract disease are common in cats, especially pancreatits and inflammatory bowel diesease. Other predisposing factors include bile duct obstruction, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis. |
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
| + | ===Clinical Signs=== | ||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
==Prognosis== | ==Prognosis== | ||
Revision as of 11:22, 6 August 2009
Also known as suppurative cholangitis, exudative cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis and acute cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis.
Signalment
More common in cats than in dogs.
Aetiology and Pathogenesis
Neutrophilic cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis results from asecending bacterial infection from the small intestines. Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Clostridium spp., Bacillus, Actinomyces, Bacteroides and occasionally Salmonella spp. have been isolated. Concurrent biliary tract disease are common in cats, especially pancreatits and inflammatory bowel diesease. Other predisposing factors include bile duct obstruction, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis.