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Species identification of trichomonads and associated coinfections in dogs with diarrhea and suspected trichomonosis

Trichomonads have been infrequently reported in the feces of dogs where their pathogenicity remains uncertain. It is currently unknown whether Tritrichomonas foetus or Pentatrichomonas hominis is identified more commonly in dogs with trichomonosis or how often these infections are accompanied by con...

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Autores principales: Tolbert, M.K., Leutenegger, C.M., Lobetti, R., Birrell, J., Gookin, J.L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7130802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22264747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.12.031
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author Tolbert, M.K.
Leutenegger, C.M.
Lobetti, R.
Birrell, J.
Gookin, J.L.
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description Trichomonads have been infrequently reported in the feces of dogs where their pathogenicity remains uncertain. It is currently unknown whether Tritrichomonas foetus or Pentatrichomonas hominis is identified more commonly in dogs with trichomonosis or how often these infections are accompanied by concurrent enteric infectious agents. The objective of this study was to determine the identity of trichomonads present in a series of 38 unsolicited canine diarrheic fecal samples submitted for T. foetus diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing between 2007 and 2010. We also examined each fecal sample for an association of trichomonosis with concurrent infection using a convenient real-time PCR panel for nine gastrointestinal pathogens. P. hominis, T. foetus, or both were identified by PCR in feces of 17, 1, and 1 dogs respectively. Feces from the remaining 19 dogs were PCR negative for T. foetus, P. hominis and using broader-spectrum Trichomonadida primers. The total number and specific identities of concurrent enteropathogens identified did not differ between fecal samples from dogs that were or were not identified by PCR as infected with trichomonads. These results suggest that P. hominis infection is more frequently identified than T. foetus infection in diarrheic dogs with trichomonosis and that concurrent enteropathogen infection is common in this population.
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spelling pubmed-71308022020-04-08 Species identification of trichomonads and associated coinfections in dogs with diarrhea and suspected trichomonosis Tolbert, M.K. Leutenegger, C.M. Lobetti, R. Birrell, J. Gookin, J.L. Vet Parasitol Article Trichomonads have been infrequently reported in the feces of dogs where their pathogenicity remains uncertain. It is currently unknown whether Tritrichomonas foetus or Pentatrichomonas hominis is identified more commonly in dogs with trichomonosis or how often these infections are accompanied by concurrent enteric infectious agents. The objective of this study was to determine the identity of trichomonads present in a series of 38 unsolicited canine diarrheic fecal samples submitted for T. foetus diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing between 2007 and 2010. We also examined each fecal sample for an association of trichomonosis with concurrent infection using a convenient real-time PCR panel for nine gastrointestinal pathogens. P. hominis, T. foetus, or both were identified by PCR in feces of 17, 1, and 1 dogs respectively. Feces from the remaining 19 dogs were PCR negative for T. foetus, P. hominis and using broader-spectrum Trichomonadida primers. The total number and specific identities of concurrent enteropathogens identified did not differ between fecal samples from dogs that were or were not identified by PCR as infected with trichomonads. These results suggest that P. hominis infection is more frequently identified than T. foetus infection in diarrheic dogs with trichomonosis and that concurrent enteropathogen infection is common in this population. Elsevier B.V. 2012-06-08 2011-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7130802/ /pubmed/22264747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.12.031 Text en Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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title_full Species identification of trichomonads and associated coinfections in dogs with diarrhea and suspected trichomonosis
title_fullStr Species identification of trichomonads and associated coinfections in dogs with diarrhea and suspected trichomonosis
title_full_unstemmed Species identification of trichomonads and associated coinfections in dogs with diarrhea and suspected trichomonosis
title_short Species identification of trichomonads and associated coinfections in dogs with diarrhea and suspected trichomonosis
title_sort species identification of trichomonads and associated coinfections in dogs with diarrhea and suspected trichomonosis
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