Your cat's veterinarian may suggest testing
for occult infections such as feline immunodeficiency virus, feline leukemia virus and feline heartworms.
Not exact matches
There is an urgent need
for new technologies to detect these
occult infections that are not apparent by standard quantitative PCR DNA testing methods, in order to prove or disprove the important disease associations that have been suggested.
Steroids could be contraindicated in the case of
occult infection; therefore they are generally avoided in current treatment protocols
for this illness.
Urinary tract
infections can cause MA tests to be high as can blood present in the urine
for any reason (visible to the eye [gross hematuria, frank blood] or unseen (=
occult blood +).