| 中文名稱 | 貓胃的顎口蟲感染症或血色蟠尾絲蟲感染症─人畜共通傳染病 |
| 英文名稱 | Gastric gnathostomiasis or spirocerciasis in cats- zoonosis |
| 建立日期 | 2007/11/01 |
| 更新日期 | 2007/11/01 |
| 中文描述 | 此螺旋狀線虫顎口蟲常在東南亞,印度,日本造成疾病.北美曾有貓因此寄生虫而發病的記錄.可能發展出胃壁的假性肉芽腫伴隨著其他症狀.胃壁穿孔導致的死亡可能發生.藉由糞便中的蟲卵可推診.除了以外科手術除蟲外,以disophenol治療而自然痊癒曾有報告.曾有報告指出貓因為血色蟠尾絲蟲而有胃結節;此貓以手術移除結節後有慢性嘔吐的症狀. |
| 英文描述 | The spirurid nematodes GNATHOSTOMA spp. are a fairly common cause of disease in sotheast Asia, India, and Japan, and there is a report of a cat developing disease in North America due to this parasite. There can be development of pseudogranuloma of the stomach wall, with accompanying signs. Perforation of the stomach wall which can lead to death may occur. Dx by finding eggs in the feces. Treatment with disophenol and spontaneous cure have been reported, in addition to surgical removal. There was a report of a cat that had a gastric nodule due to SPIROCERCA; the cat had chronic vomiting that responded to surgical removal of the nodule (Mense et al.). |