Table 4.

Identification of intraerythrocytic inclusions and PCR results in the five cats infected with Cytauxzoon sp

Parameter	Case	Day 0 (presentation)	Week 1 (days 1–7)	Week 2 (days 8–14)	Weeks 4–5 (days 22–35)	Week 10 (days 64–70)	Week 17 (days 113–119)	Weeks 38–39 (days 260–273)	Week 122 (days 848–854)
Intraerythrocytic inclusions	1	positive	positive	positive	na	positive	positive	negative	na
	2	positive	positive	positive	na	positive	negative	negative	na
	3	positive	positive	positive	na	positive	negative	negative	na
	4	negative	positive	positive	negative	na	na	negative	na
	5	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
PCR for Cytauxzoon sp.a	1	na	positive	na	positive	positive	positive	positive	positive
	2	positive	positive	na	positive	positive	positive	positive	positive
	3	positive	positive	na	positive	positive	positive	positive	positive
	4	negative	positive	na	positive	na	na	negative	na
	5	na	na	na	positive	na	na	na	na

Note: Cases 1–3 were treated with azithromycin and atovaquone from day 1 to 10 and from day 77 to 86. Case 4 was treated with azithromycin from day 6 to 21 and from day 260 to 270 and with atovaquone from day 11 to 21

Abbreviation: na not applicable

^aScreened by real-time PCR and confirmed by conventional PCR and sequencing