Yeast infections are caused by a fungus and are also more likely in cats that have other medical problems. The ear is one of the most common spots for a yeast infection. Symptoms may include a black or yellow discharge, redness of the ear flap, and persistent scratching of the ear. Yeast...
Malik R, Wigney DI, Dawson D, Martin P, Hunt GB, Love DN (2000) Infection of the subcutis and skin of cats with rapidly growing mycobacteria: a review of microbiological and clinical findings. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 2, 29e34....
Blisters. A blister is a fluid-filled pocket that forms between the epidermis and the dermis. The culprit is usually friction from a repetitive motion. Blisters heal fastest (and with no chance of infection) if you leave them undisturbed and unbroken. ...
Everyone should have a tub of this in their cupboard. It works, its brilliant and its reasonably priced. I gave up with so called other creams to deal with a skin infection on my face, spent a fortune and nothing. The doc told me it was Roscea. Well I tried many creams and found ...
There are many causes for afootrash.It can be simply due to a viral source such as shingles, chicken pox, or HIV, or it may be bacterial in nature and examples of this include strep, syphilis, or cellulitis skin infection. Agenital or groinrash can occur because of many reasons. Some ...
Another possibility is ringworm which is a fungal infection. Sometimes mild fungal infections will go away with a cream called griseofulvin (which is prescription as well). But many cats need oral antifungal drugs in order to get better. It's also possible that these are lesions called eosinophi...
Most likely your vet has already tried a course of antibiotics which would take care of things if this was a bacterial infection. Unfortunately the only way to know for sure if this is an autoimmune condition is to do skin biopsies of the affected areas so I would advise that you go ahea...
Scientists tested cell cultures fropm the GM cats and found there was reduced replication of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (sometimes called Feline AIDS). Like HIV, FIV wipes out infection-fighting T-cells. Sadly for the studied cats, the next step is to deliberately expose them to FIV and see...
Thus, any disturbance to the epidermis which results in an increased transepidermal water loss (TEWL) will disturb hydration levels and in turn perturb many aspects of cell behaviour. A consequence of this can be poor skin structure leading to bacterial infection, penetration of allergens or toxic...
For SARS-CoV-2, six amino acids in the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein are critical for binding the host target receptor ACE2 and allowing infection in humans [4]. These critical spike protein residues are not all present in the most closely related coronavirus identified to date...