Aim of this study is to clinically, microbiologically and histopathologically characterize @entity29 ( @entity29 ) in the cat. Nine @entity468 with chronic persistent or intermitent vomitus and @entity294 were examined between 1998 and 2001. All @entity468 had a thuorough diagnostic workup performed. Full thickness biopsies from stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon were surgically obtained for histopathological examination. Duodenal juice was obtained by direct aspiration for microbiologic qualitative and semiquantitative examination. Seven @entity468 euthanized for other medical reasons were used as controls. Six @entity468 had a lymphoplasmacytic @entity29 and three an @entity29 . Four @entity468 with @entity29 had additional diseases diagnosed. Three @entity468 with @entity29 had elevated bacterial counts. Retrospectively no correlation could be found between clinical symptoms and histopathological results. Serum TLI was not able to differentiate chronic @entity788 and @entity29 . Serum @entity1501 and @entity2186 did not correlate with the distribution of lesions in the gastrointestinal tract. Finally, no correlation was found between bacterial counts in the proximal duodenum and @entity29 .

[Chronic-idiopathic enteropathy in XXXX --a case control study].

@entity1501 :: ('MESH:D005492', 'Chemical') :: ['folic acid'] @entity788 :: ('MESH:D010190', 'Disease') :: ['pancreatitis'] @entity294 :: ('MESH:D003967', 'Disease') :: ['diarrhea'] @entity29 :: ('MESH:D015212', 'Disease') :: ['inflammatory bowel disease', 'IBD', 'eosinophilic IBD'] @entity2186 :: ('MESH:D014805', 'Chemical') :: ['cobalamin'] @entity468 :: ('9685', 'Species') :: ['cats']
@entity468 :: (9685,Species) :: ['cats']
