ReviewJournal of feline medicine and surgery2018
Diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis: Update on evidence supporting available tests.
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- Central nervous system feline infectious peritonitis with a mass lesion in the fourth ventricle revealed by magnetic resonance imaging.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2026Article
- Multiplex fluorescent immunocytochemistry is a complementary test for the diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis: a diagnostic clinical trial.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Successful in vitro propagation of feline coronavirus from clinically diagnosed feline infectious peritonitis cases using Vero cells: A potential model for future research.Veterinary record open · 2026Article
- Epidemiological and Clinical Insights from 68 Veterinarian-Reported Cases of Feline Infectious Peritonitis During the Documented FIP Epizootic in Cyprus.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Diagnosis of pyogranulomatous and neutrophilic lymphadenitis in 72 cats presenting to a referral hospital: with a focus on nine cats with steroid-responsive lymphadenitis.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Obstructive colonic FGESF associated with feline infectious peritonitis in a cat: a case report.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Applying Supervised Machine Learning to Effusion Analysis for the Diagnosis of Feline Infectious Peritonitis.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Feline Infectious Peritonitis: A Challenging Diagnostic and Therapeutic Labyrinth.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Albumin/Globulin ratio as a valuable marker for monitoring remdesivir therapy in feline infectious peritonitis.Open veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Viral Coinfections Potentially Associated with Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis in Cats with Feline Infectious Peritonitis.Viruses · 2025Article
- Linking Pollution and Viral Risk: Detection of Dioxins and Coronaviruses in Cats and Dogs.Viruses · 2025Article
- The use of high-resolution melting analysis to distinguish feline enteric and feline infectious peritonitis coronaviruses.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025Article
- Detection of Feline Coronavirus Membrane Gene Based on Conventional Revere Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction, Nested Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction, and Reverse Transcription-Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction: A Comparative Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- From Challenge to Cure: A Look at Feline Infectious Peritonitis and Emerging Treatment Strategies and Breakthroughs.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Cervical ventroflexion in cats: 86 cases (2003-2024).Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Article
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- Thoracic radiographic findings in cats with feline infectious peritonitis.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Phylogenetic, clinical, pathological and epidemiological characterization of feline coronavirus infections in cats, in Istanbul.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Successful treatment and long-term follow-up of a young cat with feline infectious peritonitis and renal lymphoma.Open veterinary journal · 2025Article
- Feline Infectious Peritonitis Effusion Index: A Novel Diagnostic Method and Validation of Flow Cytometry-Based Delta Total Nucleated Cells Analysis on the Sysmex XN-1000VVeterinary sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
Practical relevance: Feline coronavirus (FCoV) infection is very common in cats, usually causing only mild intestinal signs such as diarrhoea. Up to 10% of FCoV infections, however, result in the fatal disease feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). Clinical challenges: Obtaining a definitive diagnosis of FIP based on non-invasive approaches is difficult. Confirmation of the disease relies on finding appropriate cytological or histopathological changes in association with positive immunostaining for FCoV antigen. In FIP cases with effusions, cytology and immunostaining on effusion samples can be relatively easy to perform; otherwise obtaining diagnostic samples is more challenging and collection of biopsies from tissues with gross lesions is necessary. In the absence of a definitive diagnosis, a high index of suspicion of FIP may be obtained from the cat's signalment and history, combined with findings on clinical examination and laboratory test results. If largely consistent with FIP, these can be used as a basis for discussion with the owner about whether additional, more invasive, diagnostic tests are warranted. In some cases it may be that euthanasia is discussed as an alternative to pursuing a definitive diagnosis ante-mortem, especially if financial limitations exist or where there are concerns over a cat's ability to tolerate invasive diagnostic procedures. Ideally, the diagnosis should be confirmed in such patients from samples taken at post-mortem examination. Global importance: FIP occurs wherever FCoV infection is present in cats, which equates to most parts of the world. Evidence base: This review provides a comprehensive overview of how to approach the diagnosis of FIP, focusing on the tests available to the veterinary practitioner and recently published evidence supporting their use.
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