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 pa...

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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:
2023
Institución:
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UCC
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OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/51002
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v29i4.15345
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85060705810&doi=10.15381%2frivep.v29i4.15345&partnerID=40&md5=d7c00f5f3fc6aab80166834562aeb173
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/51002
Palabra clave:
BLOOD SMEARS
CLINICAL TESTS
DOXYCYCLINE
ECTOPARASITES
EMERGENT
OXYTETRACYCLINES (OTC)
PROTOZOA
SMEAR
WEIGHT LOSS
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openAccess
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Summary: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.