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BACKGROUND: There is an increasing importance of pet-transmitted infections, some of those are considered emerging infections. AIM: To determine the species and frequency of intestinal parasites in pets with diarrhea (hemorrhagic gastroenteritis excluded). MATERIAL AND METHODS: A descriptive retrospective study. Fecal samples from 972 dogs and 230 cats consulting in two veterinary practices in Santiago, between 1996 and 2003, were studied using Burrows' technique. RESULTS: Protozoa were found in 64.8% of dogs and in 66.5% of cats; helminthes in 24% of dogs and 45.2% of cats. The species found in dogs were Blastocystis sp. in 36%, Ameba sp. in 31%, Giardia intestinalis in 22%, Toxocara canis in 11%, Chilomastix sp. in 10%, Isospora sp. in 9%, Trichuris vulpis in 9%, Trichomonas sp. in 5%, Sarcocystis sp. in 4%, Dipylidium caninum in 2%, Ancylostomideos in 2%, Toxascaris leonina in 1%, Physaloptera sp. in 1%, Taenia sp. in 0.4%. Species found in cats were Blastocystis sp. in 37%, Ameba sp. in 30%, G intestinalis in 19%, Chilomastix sp. in 12%, Isospora sp. in 12%, Toxocara cati in 10%, D caninum in 7%, Sarcocystis sp. in 5%, Trichomona sp. in 5%, Toxoplasma gondii in 4%, Taenia sp. in 2% and Physaloptera sp. in 1%. Forty eight percent of parasites found in dogs and 49% found in cats have zoonotic potential. In dogs younger than six months Blastocystis sp., Ameba sp., G intestinalis, Chilomastix sp., Isospora sp. and T canis were significantly more common; the same was observed for Isospora in young cats. Approximately 60% of infected animals bore more than one parasite. CONCLUSIONS: A high rate of intestinal parasitism in pets with diarrhea was found; an important proportion of them have zoonotic potential.
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Doenças do Gato/epidemiologia , Doenças do Cão/epidemiologia , Fezes/parasitologia , Enteropatias Parasitárias/veterinária , Infecções Protozoárias em Animais/epidemiologia , Animais , Doenças do Gato/parasitologia , Gatos , Chile/epidemiologia , Doenças do Cão/parasitologia , Cães , Eucariotos/isolamento & purificação , Helmintíase Animal/epidemiologia , Helmintíase Animal/parasitologia , Helmintos/isolamento & purificação , Enteropatias Parasitárias/epidemiologia , Enteropatias Parasitárias/parasitologia , Contagem de Ovos de Parasitas , Infecções Protozoárias em Animais/parasitologia , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
Se presenta el caso clínico de un niño de un año ocho meses de edad con ascariasis masiva que presentó como complicación una obstrucción intestinal, que no fue necesaria operar. Fue tratado con maniobras que permitieron la eliminación de 156 Ascaris lumbricoides de 20 a 25 centímetros de largo. Efectuada visita domiciliaria y analizadas muestras de tierra de la suela de los zapatos, antejardín de la casa y de la plazuela cercana a la vivienda se encontraron quistes de Entamoeba histolytica huevos de Trichuris trichiura, Toxocara sp. y larvas de gusanos que no se pudieron identificar
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Ascaríase/complicações , Ascaríase/tratamento farmacológico , Mebendazol/uso terapêutico , Obstrução Intestinal/etiologia , Ascaris , Solo/análiseRESUMO
Se presenta un grupo familiar compuesto por 12 personas, de las cuales 11 vivieron durante 10 años en Bolivia y al retornar a Chile se les diagnosticó uncinariasis en exámenes coproparasitarios. Una hija nacida con posterioridad a la llegada a Chile no presentó esta parasitosis. Un hijo que no se trató presentó huevos de este enteroparásito 9 años después de volver de Bolivia. Se trataron con mebendazol con buenos resultados