Author | Chaves, A. R. | |
Author | Campos, M. P. de | |
Author | Barros, M. B. L. | |
Author | Carmo, C. N. do | |
Author | Gremião, I. D. | |
Author | Pereira, S. A. | |
Author | Schubach, T. M. | |
Access date | 2019-05-24T12:55:05Z | |
Available date | 2019-05-24T12:55:05Z | |
Document date | 2013 | |
Citation | CHAVES, A. R. et al. Treatment abandonment in feline sporotrichosis: study of 147 cases. Zoonoses Public Health, v. 60, n. 2, p. 149-53, 2013. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1863-1959 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/33205 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Wiley | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Treatment abandonment in feline sporotrichosis: study of 147 cases | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01506.x | |
Abstract | This study describes the epidemiological, clinical and mycological aspects of feline sporotrichosis cases attending the Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonosis in Domestic Animals – Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute (LAPCLIN-DERMZOO/IPEC/FIOCRUZ), from 1998 to 2005. It was possible to get in contact with 147 (19.2%) cat owners. One hundred and thir-teen (76.9%) cats were male, 117 (79.6%) had no defined race and 87 (59.2%) were sexually intact. The age ranged from 72 to 216 months (median =108 months). Nineteen cats were reassessed: eleven (57.8%) were male, thirteen (36.8%) were breed and fifteen (47.3%) castrated. Fourteen (52.6%) animals lived at home and did not roamed the streets. Seven (36.8%) had normal clini-cal findings and negative my cological examination. Twelve (63.1%) cats hadskin lesions compatible with sporotrichosis. Thirty-one (21%,n= 147) cats disappeared after abandoning treatment, 36 (24.5%,n= 147) were alive and 80(54.4%,n= 147) had died. Causes of death informed by the owners were: sporotrichosis in 35 (43.7%,n= 80), accidental death in 27 (33.7%,n= 80)and other diseases in 18 (22.5%,n= 80). Withdrawal of treatment occurred mainly at the time of clinical improvement and may represent a serious obstacle to the control of sporotrichosis. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Publica Sérgio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Matemática. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Sporotrichosis | pt_BR |
Subject | Cat | pt_BR |
Subject | Abandonment | pt_BR |
Subject | Zoonosis | pt_BR |
Subject | Therapeutics | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1863-2378 | |
Embargo date | 2020-05-24 | |