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Identification of Cystoisospora ohioensis in a Diarrheal Dog in Korea.

ABSTRACT: A 3-month-old female Maltese puppy was hospitalized with persistent diarrhea in a local veterinary clinic. Blood chemistry and hematology profile were analyzed and fecal smear was examined. Diarrheal stools were examined in a diagnostic laboratory, using multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) against 23 diarrheal pathogens. Sequence analysis was performed using nested PCR amplicon of 18S ribosomal RNA. Coccidian oocysts were identified in the fecal smear. Although multiplex real-time PCR was positive for Cyclospora cayetanensis, the final diagnosis was Cystoisospora ohioensis infection, confirmed by phylogenetic analysis of 18S rRNA. To our knowledge, this the first case report of C. ohioensis in Korea, using microscopic examination and phylogenetic analysis.

SUBMITTER: Lee S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6137296 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of Cystoisospora ohioensis in a Diarrheal Dog in Korea.

Lee Sangmin S Kim Junki J Cheon Doo-Sung DS Moon Eun-A EA Seo Dong Joo DJ Jung Soontag S Shin Hansaem H Choi Changsun C

The Korean journal of parasitology 20180831 4

A 3-month-old female Maltese puppy was hospitalized with persistent diarrhea in a local veterinary clinic. Blood chemistry and hematology profile were analyzed and fecal smear was examined. Diarrheal stools were examined in a diagnostic laboratory, using multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) against 23 diarrheal pathogens. Sequence analysis was performed using nested PCR amplicon of 18S ribosomal RNA. Coccidian oocysts were identified in the fecal smear. Although multiplex real-tim ...[more]

PMID: 30196670

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