Open AccessCanine gastrointestinal pythiosis
Author(s) -
Daniel Moura de Aguiar,
Manoela Sifuentes,
Aline Souza Magalhães,
Nathalia Assis Pereira,
Caroline Argenta Pescador,
Stéfhano Luís Cândido,
Valéria Dutra,
Luciano Nakazato,
Uiara Hanna Araújo Barreto,
Mayara da Cruz Burema,
Pedro Eduardo Brandini Néspoli,
Juliana Rodrigues
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
brazilian journal of veterinary research and animal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1678-4456
pISSN - 1413-9596
DOI - 10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2022.186005
Subject(s) - enteritis , pythium , biology , pathology , histopathology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture
Pythiosis is caused by an aquatic fungus-like organism (Pythium insidiosum). It is considered an important public health issue as it can affect both animals and humans. This paper reports a case of gastrointestinal pythiosis in a dog. The patient was hospitalized for four days, during which the animal received supportive and symptomatic treatment. But the applied treatment was unsuccessful and the dog’s clinical condition worsened, culminating in death. Complementary imaging tests such as radiography and ultrasonography, as well as hematological tests, were performed during the hospitalization period. The definitive diagnosis was reached in the postmortem as macroscopic and microscopic characteristics suggested the presence of intestinal granuloma and accentuated multifocal suppurative necrotic enteritis. Additionally, the histological evaluation revealed morphological structures compatible with P. insidiosum. Also, the results of nested PCR performedshowed partial amplification (105 bp) of the ITS1 region of the ribosomal gene of P. insidiosum.