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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Unidades Centrais.
Data corrente: | 03/03/2016
Data da última atualização: | 03/03/2016
Autoria: | FRADE, M. T. S.; MELO, L. F. de; PESSOA, C. R. M.; ARAÚJO, J. L. de; FIGHERA, R. A.; SOUZA, A. P.; UZAL, F.; DANTAS, A. F. M.
Afiliação: | MARIA T. S. FRADE, CSTR/UFCG; LUIZA F. DE MELHO, CSTR/UFCG; CLARICE R. M. PESSOA, CSTR/UFCG; JEANN L. de ARAÚJO, CSTR/UFCG; RAFAEL A. FIGHERA, UFSM; ALMIR P. SOUZA, CSTR/UFCG; FRANCISCO UZAL, University of Califonia; ANTONIO F. M. DANTAS, CSTR/UFCG.
Título: | Systemic acanthamoebiasis associated with canine distemper in dogs in the semiarid region of Paraíba, Brazil.
Ano de publicação: | 2015
Fonte/Imprenta: | Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, Brasília, DF, v. 35, n. 2, p. 160-164, fev. 2015.
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Infections by free-living amoebae can cause systemic disease in animals and humans. We describe the epidemiological, clinical and pathological aspects of disseminated acanthamoebiasis associated with canine distemper in three dogs of the semiarid region of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil. Affected dogs developed progressive neurological and respiratory signs that progressed to death within in two to 20 days. Gross lesions were irregular and with yellow-reddish nodules randomly distributed in the lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen, lymph nodes, adrenals, and intestine. One dog had foci of malacia in the parietal cortex and another one in nucleus of brain basis. Histologically, pyogranulomas with areas of necrosis and hemorrhage in all organs affected were observed, associated with myriads of intralesional amoebic trophozoites. All three cases were concomitant canine distemper, that possibly triggered immunosuppression in the dogs. The diagnosis was performed through microscopic findings of infection by free-living amoebae and confirmed Acanthamoeba sp. by immunohistochemistry.
Palavras-Chave: | Acanthamoeba sp; Amebíase; Diseases of dogs; Doença oportunista; Opportunistic diseases.
Thesagro: | Cão; Cinomose; Doença.
Thesaurus Nal: | Amebiasis; Canine distemper.
Categoria do assunto: | --
URL: | http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/140575/1/Systemic-acanthamoebiasis.pdf
Registro original: | Embrapa Unidades Centrais (AI-SEDE)
Exemplares: | AI-SEDE - (59051-1) - UPE - AP - PP - 636.08905 - P474 -  - DIS