Successful treatment of pyothorax in cat: A case report

Abstract

A five-month-old male cat was brought to the Teaching and Training Pet Hospital and Research Center, CVASU with the history of coughing, open mouth breathing and extended neck. This case was considered for the study with aimed to describe the diagnostic and treatment procedure of pyothorax in cat and to observe the recovery of it. Clinical examinations revealed respiratory distress, dyspnea, muffled lung sound and fever. Radiography and thoracocentesis were confirmed the pyothorax. Neutrophilia was found on haematology and rod-shaped bacilli with degenerated neutrophil were found on cytology of pleural fluid. The cat was treated with amoxicillin (Moxin®, Opsonin Pharmaceuticals Ltd.) at the rate of 20 mg/kg bid s/c and furosemide (Fusid®, Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd.) at the rate of 1 mg/kg bid i/m for 7 days followed by oral amoxicillin (Moxin®, Opsonin Pharmaceuticals Ltd.) for the next 21 days. The recovery of the cat was observed at different day intervals by taking radiography. The complete recovery was observed after 28 days of diagnosis.