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20 cats in a cat home were treated prophylactically and therapeutically with Baypamun HK. The animals were allocated into three groups as described. 7 freshly admitted clinically healthy cats were treated prophylactically on day 1, 2 and 9 with 1 ml Baypamun HK (group I). 7 cats, who already were allocated for one year in the home and were sick of the feline respiratory disease complex were treated as described for group I (group II). 6 further cats, who also showed symptoms of the feline respiratory disease complex and had stayed for one year in the home were treated with physiol.saline solution according to group I (group III). From all cats blood samples were taken at day 1, 3, 10 and 17. The blood samples were checked for antibodies against feline calicivirus (FCV), feline herpesvirus (FHV), panleukopenia virus (PLV), feline peritonitis virus (FIPV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Also the occurrence of the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) was evaluated. The cellular immunity was evaluated by means of the lymphocyte transformations test (LTT), nitroblue-tetrazolium reduction test (NBT) and cytochrome C-reduction test (CRT). Mean value and standard deviation was calculated from the results. The significance was determined by the t-test. The animals were examined clinically daily for 20 days for the feline respiratory disease complex. When necessary, the animals were treated by homeopathic and antibiotic products. At the time of admission to the home all cats were or had been treated with an attenuated panleukopenia vaccine. The serologic parameters were not influenced in the cats of group I.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[The effectiveness of paramunization for the control of feline coryza]. 152 77

The article analyses the treatment of 12 patients with diffuse purulent peritonitis in whom the titers of specific antibodies against microflora causing peritonitis were corrected in the period of secondary immunodeficiency. The authors suggest a new method for the treatment of peritonitis which is based on inclusion of convalescents' plasma after peritonitis in the therapeutic complex. This plasma contains specific antibodies against the cultured microflora in high titers and is a polyvalent hyperimmune medium which makes it possible to cause an effect on the level of humoral immunity. This improved the results of treatment: the titres of specific antibodies against the cultured microflora grew, such complications of diffuse peritonitis as the formation of circumscribed abscesses in the abdominal cavity and suppuration of the postoperative wound were encountered less frequently, mortality reduced by 16.6% as compared to the control group. The efficacy of the suggested methods was also proved in experiments on 164 animals.
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PMID:[The use of plasma from donor convalescent patients in the combined treatment of peritonitis]. 152 78

Peritoneal coccidioidomycosis is extremely rare. This report describes a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus who presented with unexplained ascites and was found to have peritoneal coccidioidomycosis. The ascites had a low serum-ascites albumin gradient, and laparoscopy showed peritoneal implants that grew Coccidioides immitis. This case is unique in several ways; this is the first case in which a patient's acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-defining illness was peritoneal coccidioidomycosis, and the serum-ascites albumin gradient determination as well as laparoscopy provided information critical to the diagnosis. This patient's dramatic response to systemic antifungal therapy, as evidenced by resolution of ascites and constitutional symptoms, underscores the importance of timely diagnosis and prompt therapy. In summary, this report reviews the previous cases of coccidioidal peritonitis and reports the first case in which localized peritoneal coccidioidomycosis was the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-defining illness in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient.
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PMID:Peritoneal coccidioidomycosis associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection. 153 43

Histologic confirmation of extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has usually required organ biopsy when the diagnosis was made antemortem. Three cases of Pneumocystis peritonitis were studied in which confirmation of extrapulmonary dissemination was achieved by cytologic examination of ascitic fluid. Patients presented with characteristic choroidal lesions, transudative ascites, profound hypoalbuminemia, and hepatic dysfunction. Cytologic examination of ascitic fluid confirmed extrapulmonary dissemination of pneumocystis. All three patients died despite a minimum of 2 weeks of standard therapy. Cytologic examination of body fluids to confirm dissemination of Pneumocystis may obviate the need for organ biopsy. Disseminated pneumocystosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of ascites or peritonitis in a patient at risk for human immunodeficiency virus--associated opportunistic infections. The presence of transudative ascites may be characteristic of this syndrome.
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PMID:Pneumocystis carinii peritonitis. Antemortem confirmation of disseminated pneumocystosis by cytologic examination of body fluids. 155 50

Peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients is rarely caused by group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus species. We describe a 52-year-old man with chronic glomerulonephritis who developed a fatal peritonitis due to streptococcus group B in the absence of predisposing factors such as diabetes mellitus, malignancy, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or liver disease. This report suggests that although beta-hemolytic streptococcus is a rare cause of peritonitis, the severity of the infection may be overwhelming and may rapidly lead to serious consequences and death.
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PMID:Fatal peritonitis due to group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus in a patient receiving chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. 156 28

Cryptosporidiosis was diagnosed in 4 cockatoos with psittacine beak and feather disease. Three of the birds had cryptosporidiosis confined to the epithelium covering the bursa of Fabricius. One bird had generalized parasitism of the small intestine, large intestine, and bursal epithelium. All of the birds had intermittent to protracted diarrhea before death. Presumably, acquired immunodeficiency from psittacine beak and feather disease promoted establishment of cryptosporidiosis and other secondary diseases including septicemia, peritonitis, chlamydiosis, and mycotic ventriculitis.
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PMID:Cryptosporidiosis in four cockatoos with psittacine beak and feather disease. 156 16

Lymph nodes of 30 patients operated because of acute diffuse peritonitis are studied histologically and immunologically. Two types of the lymph node response are found during the reactive stage. The response of the 1st type (the beginning of peritonitis) is characterized by the activation of T- and B-immunity systems. The signs of the depression are characteristic for the 2nd type. Immunodeficiency is enhanced in toxic and terminal stages. The most informative index of the immunodeficiency degree is a decrease of the ratio T-helper/T-suppressor cytotoxic lymphocytes. There is a close correlation between the state of patients and immunomorphological changes of lymph nodes and blood. Peritonitis results in the development of vitium cordis when intoxication associated with immune disturbances strengthens both the inflammation and intoxication.
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PMID:[Morphology of lymph nodes in secondary immunodeficiency provoked by acute diffuse peritonitis]. 174 71

Trichomonas infections of the abdominal cavity are uncommon and case histories have not been published previously. A patient to whom reference is made this paper developed a combined immunodeficiency syndrome and portal hypertension with ascites on the basis of a cirrhosis of the liver. This seems to have been the precondition for a peritonitis caused by a Trichomonas species.
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PMID:Peritonitis caused by Trichomonas--a preliminary case report. 174 23

Analysis of various parameters of the immune system and non-specific resistance in patients with acute generalized peritonitis (AGP) has indicated that in AGP there is immunodeficiency involving all the links of immune defense and non-specific resistance. The T-cell immunity, primarily T helpers, is afflicted in AGP to the greatest extent. A magnitude of decreases in T helper counts may be used as a prognostic indicator in AGP. The severity of immune defense abnormalities correlates with the duration and intensity of intoxication, there is a "paralysis" of this defense in the terminal stage of AGP.
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PMID:[Disorders of the immune status in patients with acute diffuse peritonitis]. 188 33

Pasteurella multocida has been reported only once previously as a cause of peritonitis in a patient undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis. The present report describes findings associated with a case of P. multocida peritonitis in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patient in which renal replacement therapy consisted of continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis. To our knowledge this is the first report of this unique infection in an HIV-positive end-stage renal disease patient. In addition, the recent literature on this unusual organism is reviewed in detail. These findings emphasize the potential for increased susceptibility to zoonoses in immunocompromised patients, particularly with indwelling intraperitoneal catheters which may serve as a portal of entry for unusual organisms.
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PMID:Pasteurella multocida peritonitis in an HIV-positive patient on continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis. 204 80


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