My cat was diagnosed with fungual lung disease. Is it contagious to people or other cats?

Answer 1

You need to call your vet and ask these questions. Any time you forget to ask questions at the vet, don't be afraid to call. You need to know the answers to these questions, so be sure to do this.

Also, your vet most likely would have told you if this was contagious to anyone for precautionary reasons.

Call your vet first thing in the morning to ask all these questions.

I hope your kitty gets better soon.

Answer 2

I know that you are asking specifically about fungal lung disease, but this general information may be useful.

“Histoplasmosis is a non-contagious fungal infection caused by a fungal organism called Histoplasma capsulatum.” http://www.catchow.com/catcarecenter_physical3.aspx?combinedID=20473



WARNING: A CAT DISEASE THAT CANINFECT HUMANS, including YOUR CHILDREN!
http://home.earthlink.net/~astrology/warning.htm


“The patient's close contact with a cat suggests the possibility of cat-scratch disease or toxoplasmosis.” http://www.jaapa.com/issues/j20040201/articles/lungmass.html


“A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be transferred from an animal to man.”
http://www.orangevillavet.com/articles/zoonotic.htm

Answer 3

Just put it down it might have AIDS.
Fungal respiratory diseases consist of fungal colonization, allergy and infections of respiratory tract and lungs. Infectious fungal respiratory diseases remain important causes of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals, especially those receiving immunosuppressive therapy, those undergoing bone marrow transplantation or solid-organ transplant (SOT) and those with HIV infection. Previous review articles have emphasized the advance in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)[1*] and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.[2] In this article, we try to describe the recent advance in aetiology, including the common and uncommon causative organisms of infectious fungal respiratory diseases, summarize briefly the clinical presentations, list and evaluate the diagnostic tools used in the past year, and review the antifungal treatment and prophylaxis of the important fungal respiratory infections, such as IPA and mucormycosis.

Answer 4

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1317&articleid=254&qry=cryptococcus+cats+veterinary&rnk=3&aff=inkt&v=191?

Go to this article and you will learn a lot about this. Good luck.

Answer 5

Put it to sleep.