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In a 3 year old female domestic cat a suppurative, granulomatous lesion of the tail and sacral area penetrated into the epidural space, causing paraplegia. A. viscosus was isolated from the inflammatory tissues. A comparative light and electron-microscopic study of the bacterial elements and the architecture of the granules (Drusen) show that the latter are in-vivo microcolonies of the agent.
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This work was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation under grant No. 3.459.75
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Bestetti, G., Bühlmann, V., Nicolet, J. et al. Paraplegia due to actinomyces viscosus infection in a cat. Acta Neuropathol 39, 231–235 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00691702
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