Disseminated tuberculosis in a dog: a putative zooanthroponosis

Background: Zooantroponoses that affect pets are rare. Microorganisms involved in human tuberculosis has great importance to public health and has potentiality to produce reverse zoonoses. Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is in top of the most important infectious diseases related to public health. In dogs, the infection occurs through prolonged exposure to aerosols and respiratory secretions from humans. Canine tuberculosis is little reported and known in Brazil, this work aims to describe the anatomopathological findings of the first case of canine tuberculosis in a 5-year-old dog in the Federal District and alert to the presence of this disease in this region.Case: The dog had history of close contact with its owner, who has been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis six months before. At necropsy scattered multifocal, firm, white to yellow-gray nodules, varying in size (3 mm to 10 mm) involving lungs, kidneys, heart, liver and spleen was observed. In frontal and occipital cerebral cortex, pale-gray circular lesions were detected with the same characteristics. The histological findings were, multifocal to coalescent granulomas, well organized with a central core of necrosis with foci of mineralization, surrounded by histiocytes, epithelioid macrophage, rare Langhans giant cells, some intact and degenerate plasma cells and neutrophils, and a rim of reactive fibroblasts producing fibrous connective tissue. Histological staining with ZN revealed free acid-fast bacilli and in the cytoplasm of macrophages and granulomas in all affected organs. The PCR allowed identification of DNA was extracted from formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissues using the ReliaPrep™ FFPE gDNA Miniprep System®, according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Promega, EUA). The Speed-Oligo Mycobacteria assay was used to identify the presence of M. tuberculosis complex DNA in tissue samples.[...]

Disseminated tuberculosis in a dog: a putative zooanthroponosis

Background: Zooantroponoses that affect pets are rare. Microorganisms involved in human tuberculosis has great importance to public health and has potentiality to produce reverse zoonoses. Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is in top of the most important infectious diseases related to public health. In dogs, the infection occurs through prolonged exposure to aerosols and respiratory secretions from humans. Canine tuberculosis is little reported and known in Brazil, this work aims to describe the anatomopathological findings of the first case of canine tuberculosis in a 5-year-old dog in the Federal District and alert to the presence of this disease in this region.Case: The dog had history of close contact with its owner, who has been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis six months before. At necropsy scattered multifocal, firm, white to yellow-gray nodules, varying in size (3 mm to 10 mm) involving lungs, kidneys, heart, liver and spleen was observed. In frontal and occipital cerebral cortex, pale-gray circular lesions were detected with the same characteristics. The histological findings were, multifocal to coalescent granulomas, well organized with a central core of necrosis with foci of mineralization, surrounded by histiocytes, epithelioid macrophage, rare Langhans giant cells, some intact and degenerate plasma cells and neutrophils, and a rim of reactive fibroblasts producing fibrous connective tissue. Histological staining with ZN revealed free acid-fast bacilli and in the cytoplasm of macrophages and granulomas in all affected organs. The PCR allowed identification of DNA was extracted from formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissues using the ReliaPrep™ FFPE gDNA Miniprep System®, according to the manufacturers instructions (Promega, EUA). The Speed-Oligo Mycobacteria assay was used to identify the presence of M. tuberculosis complex DNA in tissue samples.[...](AU)

Atividade antimicrobiana da erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis) contra microrganismos isolados da carne de frango / Antimicrobial activity of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) extract against microorganisms isolated from chicken meat

A erva-mate vem sendo estudada devido às diversas atividades biológicas já evidenciadas. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito antimicrobiano, pelo método de difusão em disco, da adição de extratos de erva-mate frente à Escherichia coli e ao Proteus mirabilispreviamente isolados da carne de peito de frango. Foram utilizadas diferentes concentrações de extrato (125 mg/ml, 250 mg/mL, 550 mg/mLl de extrato de erva-mate, controle negativo com solução salina 0,85% e erva-mate pura) em triplicata e os resultados analisados pelo SAS® 5.1. Quanto maior a concentração de extrato aplicada, maior (P<0,0001) foi o halo de inibição formado para as duas bactérias avaliadas, sendo que para a E. coli os halos foram menores quando comparados com os halos para o P. Mirabilis. Foi possível estimar a concentração de 400 mg/mLl como sendo a mais eficiente frente ambas as bactérias avaliadas.(AU)

Yerba mate has been studied due to the biological activities already evidenced. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of the addition of yerba mate extracts against Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis previously isolated from chicken breast meat using the disk diffusion method. Different extract concentrations were applied (125 mg/ml, 250 mg/ml, 550 mg/ml of yerba mate extract, negative control with saline 0.85% and pure yerba mate) in triplicate and the results were analyzed by the SAS® 5.1. The increase in the concentration of the extract applied resulted in an increase (P<0.0001) in the inhibition zone formed for both bacteria, and it was evident that the inhibition zone for E. coli was smaller compared with the halos for P. mirabilis. It was possible to estimate the concentration of 400 mg/ml as the most efficient for both bacteria.(AU)

Atividade antimicrobiana da erva-mate (Ilex paraguariensis) contra microrganismos isolados da carne de frango / Antimicrobial activity of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) extract against microorganisms isolated from chicken meat

A erva-mate vem sendo estudada devido às diversas atividades biológicas já evidenciadas. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito antimicrobiano, pelo método de difusão em disco, da adição de extratos de erva-mate frente à Escherichia coli e ao Proteus mirabilispreviamente isolados da carne de peito de frango. Foram utilizadas diferentes concentrações de extrato (125 mg/ml, 250 mg/mL, 550 mg/mLl de extrato de erva-mate, controle negativo com solução salina 0,85% e erva-mate pura) em triplicata e os resultados analisados pelo SAS® 5.1. Quanto maior a concentração de extrato aplicada, maior (P<0,0001) foi o halo de inibição formado para as duas bactérias avaliadas, sendo que para a E. coli os halos foram menores quando comparados com os halos para o P. Mirabilis. Foi possível estimar a concentração de 400 mg/mLl como sendo a mais eficiente frente ambas as bactérias avaliadas.

Yerba mate has been studied due to the biological activities already evidenced. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of the addition of yerba mate extracts against Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis previously isolated from chicken breast meat using the disk diffusion method. Different extract concentrations were applied (125 mg/ml, 250 mg/ml, 550 mg/ml of yerba mate extract, negative control with saline 0.85% and pure yerba mate) in triplicate and the results were analyzed by the SAS® 5.1. The increase in the concentration of the extract applied resulted in an increase (P<0.0001) in the inhibition zone formed for both bacteria, and it was evident that the inhibition zone for E. coli was smaller compared with the halos for P. mirabilis. It was possible to estimate the concentration of 400 mg/ml as the most efficient for both bacteria.

ATIVIDADE ANTIMICROBIANA DA ERVA-MATE (Ilex paraguariensis) CONTRA MICRORGANISMOS ISOLADOS DA CARNE DE FRANGO

Abstract Yerba mate has been studied due to the biological activities already evidenced. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of the addition of yerba mate extracts against Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis previously isolated from chicken breast meat using the disk diffusion method. Different extract concentrations were applied (125 mg/mL, 250 mg/mL, 550 mg/mL of yerba mate extract, negative control with saline 0.85% and pure yerba mate) in triplicate and the results were analyzed by the SAS® 5.1. The increase in the concentration of the extract applied resulted in an increase (P 0.0001) in the inhibition zone formed for both bacteria, and it was evident that the inhibition zone for E. coli was smaller compared with the halos for P. mirabilis. It was possible to estimate the concentration of 400 mg/mL as the most efficient for both bacteria.

Resumo A erva-mate vem sendo estudada devido às diversas atividades biológicas já evidenciadas. Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito antimicrobiano, pelo método de difusão em disco, da adição de extratos de erva-mate frente à Escherichia coli e ao Proteus mirabilis previamente isolados da carne de peito de frango. Foram utilizadas diferentes concentrações de extrato (125 mg/mL, 250 mg/mL, 550 mg/mL de extrato de erva-mate, controle negativo com solução salina 0,85% e erva-mate pura) em triplicata e os resultados analisados pelo SAS® 5.1. Quanto maior a concentração de extrato aplicada, maior (P 0,0001) foi o halo de inibição formado para as duas bactérias avaliadas, sendo que para a E. coli os halos foram menores quando comparados com os halos para o P. Mirabilis. Foi possível estimar a concentração de 400 mg/mL como sendo a mais eficiente frente ambas as bactérias avaliadas.