Fatal coinfection of blastocystosis and intestinal trichomoniasis in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

AbstractA 3-year-old male rhesus macaque was presented at Referral Veterinary Polyclinic-Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, with a chief complaint of chronic diarrhoea and swelling of dependent body parts. The patient's history indicates that the monkey had been experiencing diarrhoea for the past month, with 2 –3 episodes of vomiting in the last 2 days. Additionally, oedema has developed within the last 2 weeks. The clinical examination findings revealed dullness and depression, the mucus membrane appeared pale, with a temperature-102.1 °F, a respiration rate-28/min, and a heart rate-92/min. The cap illary refill time was 4 s. During the physical examination, the animal exhibited oedema on the dependent part of the body and faecal staining around the perineum along with loose yellow stool. Direct saline and iodine mount faecal smear examination revealed the presence of many motile pear-shaped flagellated protozoa and round vacuolatedBlastocystis organisms. Giemsa-stained faecal smear cytology confirmed the presence ofPentatrichomonas sp. andBlastocystis sp. along with many microbes. The faecal culture was negative for all pathogenic microbes. The case was diagnosed as co-infection Blastocystosis and intestinal trichomoniasis. The treatment was initiated with a combination of sulfamethoxazole  + trimethoprim @ 35 mg/kg body weight and metronidazole @25 mg/kg administered orally once daily for 7 days. Supportive therapy includes hematinic injection (iron sorbi...
Source: Journal of Parasitic Diseases - Category: Parasitology Source Type: research