Intestinal parasite infections in dogs affected by multicentric lymphoma and undergoing chemotherapy.
Animals
Cryptosporidium
/ isolation & purification
Dog Diseases
/ epidemiology
Dogs
Entamoeba
/ isolation & purification
Giardia lamblia
/ isolation & purification
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
/ epidemiology
Italy
/ epidemiology
Lymphoma
/ drug therapy
Neospora
/ isolation & purification
Prevalence
Protozoan Infections, Animal
/ epidemiology
Thelazioidea
/ isolation & purification
Chemotherapy
Dog
Intestinal parasites
Multicentric lymphoma
Prevalence
Protozoa
Journal
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases
ISSN: 1878-1667
Titre abrégé: Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7808924
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2019
Apr 2019
Historique:
received:
28
10
2018
revised:
12
01
2019
accepted:
14
01
2019
entrez:
10
4
2019
pubmed:
10
4
2019
medline:
18
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Prevalence and species composition of intestinal parasites were evaluated in dogs affected by high-grade multicentric lymphoma and undergoing chemotherapy and in control healthy dogs. Obtained data were statistically analyzed. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasite infections was 33.3%. In lymphoma dogs, the prevalence of protozoa infections (46.7%) was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that of helminth infections (6.7%) and Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., Neospora caninum, Cystoisospora ohioensis-complex, Entamoeba sp. and Spirocerca lupi were identified. In the control group, only 3/15 dogs (20%) were found positive and no statistically significant differences emerged regarding helminth (hookworms and Toxocara canis) and protozoa (G. duodenalis) infections. Results from this study may suggest a potential higher prevalence of opportunistic intestinal protozoa, including some potentially zoonotic species, in dogs affected by high-grade multicentric lymphoma, emphasizing the need to monitor lymphoma-affected dogs for these protozoa, especially those undergoing chemotherapy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30961822
pii: S0147-9571(19)30010-4
doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2019.01.006
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
81-86Informations de copyright
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