Peritonitis infecciosa felina: revisión bibliográfica y reporte de caso clínico

Abstract

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) is a highly significant inmunomediated multisystemic disease in cats due to its high mortality rate, it’s caused by mutation of the feline coronavirus (FCoV). The infection triggers an excessively inflammatory inmune response, resulting in vasculitis and pyogranulomas, affecting various organs, ultimately leading to a severe clinical syndrome. This final degree project provides a systematic review that highlights general aspects, diagnostic methods, feline management, and therapeutic alternatives for FIP, with a particular emphasis on the current treatment and cure for the disease. A clinical case is addressed within the framework of the specific literature review on Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus (FIPV), contributed by a private veterinary clinic, of a 2-month-old female feline who presented with decay, anemia and ascites with a yellowish, proteín peritoneal fluid compatible with FIP wet phase. She was successfully treated with the antiviral GS-441524, demonstrating a high degree of effectiveness and achieving complete cure.