First report of fatal autochthonous angiostrongylosis in a dog in Greece
| Autor: | Anastasia Diakou, Mathios E. Mylonakis, Simone Morelli, Ioannis Savvas, Nikolaos Papaioannou, A. Di Cesare, A. Tachmazidou, I. Stylianaki, Michael Patsikas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Angiostrongylus vasorum Disease Bleeding diathesis Canine Dogs Epidemiology medicine Animals Dog Diseases Angiostrongylus Respiratory signs Lung Feces Strongylida Infections General Veterinary Respiratory distress biology Greece biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Pneumonia Parasitology Histopathology |
| Popis: | Canine angiostrongylosis caused by Angiostrongylus vasorum is a life-threatening disease which is emerging in regions of Europe. Thus, there is the merit for a continuous epidemiological surveillance in dog populations. This is the first description of a clinical autochthonous case of canine angiostrongylosis in Greece. A 7-month-old, male, mixed-breed dog was presented with progressively worsening anorexia, respiratory distress, coughing, bleeding diathesis and succumbed four days post admission. Gross post mortem examination revealed numerous nodular fistulated lesions in the lungs, and pulmonary cytology and histopathology showed a verminous pyogranulomatous pneumonia. The definitive diagnosis was based on the morphological identification of first stage larvae (L1) retrieved in the feces by the Baermann method, the detection of the circulating antigen by an in-clinic test and the molecular identification of L1. This report underlines the epidemiological and clinical implications, as well as the infection risks when the index of clinical suspicion is low and the disease is unexpected in a country. |
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