Zoonoses from pets horses, donkeys and mules: with special references to Egypt

A zoonosis is an animal disease that is transmissible to humans. Humans are usually an accidental host that acquires disease through close contact with an infected animal, who may or may not be symptomatic. Children are at highest risk for infection because they are more likely to have close contact with pets. Pets are responsible for transmission of an extensive array of bacterial, fungal, and parasitic zoonotic pathogens. The route of transmission can be through the saliva [e.g., bites or contaminated scratches], feces, respiratory secretions, direct contact, or by the animal acting as a vehicle and source of tick or flea exposure. Although pets have been implicated in transmission of zoonoses to their owners, risk of transmission from contact with pets is low and may be further reduced by simple precautions

Envolvimento renal na associaçäo Salmonella-Schistosoma mansoni / Renal involvement in the association of Salmonelosis with Schistosoma mansoni

Vinte pacientes com a associaçäo Salmonella-S. mansoni (Grupo 1) e 20 com esquistossomose mansoni hepatesplênica (Grupo 2) foram selecionados para o estudo. Submeteram-se os pacientes dos Grupos 1 e 2 a exame clínico minucioso e a uma série de exames complementares, com destaque para as provas de funçäo renal. Em 10 pacientes do Grupo 1 e 20 do Grupo 2, realizou-se, ainda, estudo histológico do rim à microscopia óptica, de fluorescência e eletrônica. As alteraçöes renais foral mais freqüentes nos pacientes do Grupo 1. Após o tratamento dos pacientes do Grupo 1, com antibióticos e/ou esquistossomicidas, observou-se regressäo das alteraçöes renais sob o ponto de vista clínico, laboratorial e imunopatológico. Os autores concluem pela existência de duas nefropatias distintas: a nefropatia esquistossomótica e a encontrada em pacientes com a associaçäo Salmonella-S. mansoni