Primeros casos de infección canina con Hepatozoon canis en la ciudad de Cúcuta, Colombia

Two cases of canines infected with Hepatozoon canis are described in the city of Cúcuta, Colombia. The first patient of 18 months of age came to consultation with vomiting, anorexia, and progressive weight loss. In the second case, it was intended to perform preventive ovariohysterectomy, but the patient presented anemia in the pre-surgical clinical tests. For both cases, the diagnosis was by blood smear, observed at 100X. For the second case the diagnose was confirmed by PCR. The treatment established was symptomatic, using drugs such as oxytetracycline and doxycycline. This is the first report of hepatozoonosis in the city of Cúcuta. © 2018 Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. All Rights Reserved.

• Autores: Cala Delgado, Daniel Leonardo; Gaona A.K.N.; Rubio N.C.Á.; Aguinaga J.Y.
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UCC
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/42100
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.21676/2389783X.813; https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/2738/273846452019.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/42100
• Palabra clave: Blood smears; Clinical tests; Doxycycline; Ectoparasites; Emergent; Oxytetracyclines (OTC); Smear; Weight loss; Protozoa
• Rights: closedAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb