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An Uncommon and Severe Clinical Case of Sarcoptes scabiei Infestation in a Cat

The burrowing mite Sarcoptes scabiei causes sarcoptic mange in dogs and other mammals, including humans. Despite S. scabiei infests several animals, little is known about the epidemiology, clinical features, and treatment of sarcoptic mange in cats. A few reports have shown that clinical signs of S....

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Autores principales: Colombo, Mariasole, Morelli, Simone, Sacra, Marzia, Trezza, Gaia, Paoletti, Barbara, Traversa, Donato, Di Cesare, Angela
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9864773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36678410
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010062
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author Colombo, Mariasole
Morelli, Simone
Sacra, Marzia
Trezza, Gaia
Paoletti, Barbara
Traversa, Donato
Di Cesare, Angela
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Morelli, Simone
Sacra, Marzia
Trezza, Gaia
Paoletti, Barbara
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Di Cesare, Angela
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description The burrowing mite Sarcoptes scabiei causes sarcoptic mange in dogs and other mammals, including humans. Despite S. scabiei infests several animals, little is known about the epidemiology, clinical features, and treatment of sarcoptic mange in cats. A few reports have shown that clinical signs of S. scabiei infestation in cats may vary from non-pruritic crusted lesions to itchy and mild lesions, while severe signs are very infrequent. The present report describes a severe case of S. scabiei infestation in a stray cat from Italy, characterized by bilateral alopecia, diffuse and multifocal hyperpigmented, crusted, erythematous, scaled, and exfoliated lesions. The cat was FIV-positive and also infected by the cestode Dipylidium caninum. After treatment with a broad-spectrum parasiticide and an antibiotic, the cat showed an almost complete clinical recovery in 4 weeks. Unfortunately, no further clinical examinations were performed due to the lack of compliance of the owner and to the death of the cat for causes unrelated to sarcoptic mange. This clinical case indicates that under certain circumstances, S. scabiei can reproduce and cause severe clinical signs in cats which are usually considered non-permissive hosts for this mite, and in which the disease is usually self-limiting. Clinic–pathological, epidemiological, and zoonotic implications are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-98647732023-01-22 An Uncommon and Severe Clinical Case of Sarcoptes scabiei Infestation in a Cat Colombo, Mariasole Morelli, Simone Sacra, Marzia Trezza, Gaia Paoletti, Barbara Traversa, Donato Di Cesare, Angela Pathogens Case Report The burrowing mite Sarcoptes scabiei causes sarcoptic mange in dogs and other mammals, including humans. Despite S. scabiei infests several animals, little is known about the epidemiology, clinical features, and treatment of sarcoptic mange in cats. A few reports have shown that clinical signs of S. scabiei infestation in cats may vary from non-pruritic crusted lesions to itchy and mild lesions, while severe signs are very infrequent. The present report describes a severe case of S. scabiei infestation in a stray cat from Italy, characterized by bilateral alopecia, diffuse and multifocal hyperpigmented, crusted, erythematous, scaled, and exfoliated lesions. The cat was FIV-positive and also infected by the cestode Dipylidium caninum. After treatment with a broad-spectrum parasiticide and an antibiotic, the cat showed an almost complete clinical recovery in 4 weeks. Unfortunately, no further clinical examinations were performed due to the lack of compliance of the owner and to the death of the cat for causes unrelated to sarcoptic mange. This clinical case indicates that under certain circumstances, S. scabiei can reproduce and cause severe clinical signs in cats which are usually considered non-permissive hosts for this mite, and in which the disease is usually self-limiting. Clinic–pathological, epidemiological, and zoonotic implications are discussed. MDPI 2022-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9864773/ /pubmed/36678410 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010062 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Colombo, Mariasole
Morelli, Simone
Sacra, Marzia
Trezza, Gaia
Paoletti, Barbara
Traversa, Donato
Di Cesare, Angela
An Uncommon and Severe Clinical Case of Sarcoptes scabiei Infestation in a Cat
title An Uncommon and Severe Clinical Case of Sarcoptes scabiei Infestation in a Cat
title_full An Uncommon and Severe Clinical Case of Sarcoptes scabiei Infestation in a Cat
title_fullStr An Uncommon and Severe Clinical Case of Sarcoptes scabiei Infestation in a Cat
title_full_unstemmed An Uncommon and Severe Clinical Case of Sarcoptes scabiei Infestation in a Cat
title_short An Uncommon and Severe Clinical Case of Sarcoptes scabiei Infestation in a Cat
title_sort uncommon and severe clinical case of sarcoptes scabiei infestation in a cat
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9864773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36678410
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010062
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