id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-260404-leifaqda Ishak, Anthony M. Prevalence of Mycoplasma haemofelis, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’, Bartonella species, Ehrlichia species, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA in the blood of cats with anemia 2006-07-17 .txt text/plain 3401 143 44 In this retrospective study, we used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays to determine the prevalence rates of Mycoplasma haemofelis, 'Candidatus M haemominutum', A phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia species, and Bartonella species DNA in the blood of cats with anemia and a control group of healthy cats. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were differences in prevalence rates of M haemofelis, 'Candidatus M haemominutum', A phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia species, and Bartonella species DNA in the blood of healthy cats and retrovirus-negative cats with anemia that did not have an apparent non-infectious (ie, blood loss, chronic disease) cause for their anemia. In this study, we reviewed the laboratory submission forms and medical records to attempt to eliminate cats with known causes of anemia including neoplasia, FeLV, FIV, suspected FIP, blood loss, chronic renal failure, bone marrow disease, other chronic diseases (eg, neoplasia), endocrinopathies, and previous cytologic evidence of hemoplasmosis to allow for selection of cases that were likely to have anemia from previously unrecognized infectious diseases or primary immune-mediated anemia. ./cache/cord-260404-leifaqda.txt ./txt/cord-260404-leifaqda.txt