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BACKGROUND: The availability of a serologic test for cat scratch disease in humans has allowed the diagnosis of an increasing number of cases of this disease in Chile. AIM: To perform a serological survey for Bartonella henselae among cats in Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Blood samples from 187 cats living in three Chilean cities were obtained. IgG antibodies against Bartonella henselae were measured using indirect immunofluorescence. Blood cultures were done in 60 samples. The presence of Bartonella henselae in positive cultures was confirmed by restriction fragment length polymorphism polymerase chain reaction (RFLP-PCR). RESULTS: The general prevalence of IgG antibodies against Bartonella henselae was 85.6%. No differences in this prevalence were found among cats younger or older than 1 year, or those infested or not infested with fleas. However domestic cats had a lower prevalence when compared with stray cats (73 and 90% respectively, p <0.01). Bartonella henselae was isolated in 41% of blood cultures. All the isolated were confirmed as Bartonella henselae by RFLP-PCR. CONCLUSIONS: This study found an important reservoir of Bartonella henselae in Chilean cats and therefore a high risk of exposure in humans who have contact with them.
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Bartonella henselae/aislamiento & purificación , Gatos/microbiología , Reservorios de Enfermedades/microbiología , Animales , Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre , Bartonella henselae/inmunología , Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado , Chile , Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta , Inmunoglobulina G/sangre , Estudios SeroepidemiológicosRESUMEN
Con el objeto de determinar la frecuencia de presentación de Helicobacter spp. se realizó un estudio en caninos de Valdivia, Chile, a través de biopsia gástrica de las zonas fúndica y pilórica obtenida por endoscopía y analizadas mediante las pruebas de ureasa e histología. Los resultados indican que la bacteria Helicobacter spp. fue detectada en todos los perros. La prueba de ureasa dio resultados positivos a Helicobacter en el 86,2 por ciento de las muestras de la zona fúndica y en el 75,9 por ciento del antro pilórico. El examen histológico reveló la bacteria en todas las muestras fúndicas y en el 92 por ciento de las muestras del antro pilórico. En la zona fúndica las frecuencias obtenidas entre la prueba de ureasa e histología resultaron estadísticamente significativas, a diferencia de lo que se obtuvo en la zona del antro pilórico. La bacteria fue encontrada en perros de todas las edades de ambos sexos. Las muestras que resultaron positivas a la prueba de ureasa, reaccionaron principalmente entre las 3 y 24 horas de incubación. En el examen histológico se determinó el grado de infección por el Helicobacter spp., siendo las muestras clasificadas mayormente en los grados moderado a marcado, ubicándose sobre la superfiscie de la mucosa, en las fosas gástricas, glándulas gástricas y en las células parietales.
A study was carried out in order to determinate Helicobacter spp. in dogs of Valdivia city, Chile. Gastric mucosal biopsy from fundus and pyloric antrum were obtained by endoscopy and analized by urease test and histology.Stomach endoscopic appearance, frecuency presentation of Helicobacter spp. according to sex and age, time reaction to urease test, degree of infection and distribution Helicobacter spp. were analized. Results indicated that Helicobacter spp. was detected in all dogs. The urease test was positive in 86.2% of the fundus samples and in 75.9% of the pyloric antrum samples. Histological examination revealed the bacterium in all of the fundus samples and in 92% of the antrum samples. In fundus samples the frecuency obtained by urease test and histology resulted statistically significant, different to the results obtained in the antrum region. Helicobacter spp. was found in young and old animals of both sexes. Samples that gave positive results in the urease test reacted mainly between 3 to 24 hours post incubated. Histological examination to determinate degree of infection to Helicobacter spp., were classified moderate to marked degree and detected on the mucosal surface, gastric pits, gastric glands and parietal cells.