Capillaria plica (syn. Pearsonema plica) is a nematode that resides in the urinary bladder and rarely in ureters or in the kidney pelvis of various carnivores, especially foxes and dogs. Urine sedimentation technique is actually the only diagnostic tool that permits the identification of C. plica eggs, but its sensitivity is low and when an infection is suspected (or when it is necessary to confirm treatment efficacy) more than one examination of urine sediment should be performed. The present paper reports a clinical case of natural C. plica infection in a dog from southern Italy. In addition, two new techniques, FLOTAC and Mini-FLOTAC, were used for the diagnosis of C. plica in dog urine and compared with the technique of sedimentation.

FLOTAC and Mini-FLOTAC for uro-microscopic diagnosis of Capillaria plica (syn. Pearsonema plica) in dogs / Maurelli, MARIA PAOLA; Rinaldi, Laura; Rubino, Giuseppe; Lia, Riccardo; Musella, Vincenzo; Cringoli, Giuseppe. - In: BMC RESEARCH NOTES. - ISSN 1756-0500. - 7:1(2014), p. 591. [10.1186/1756-0500-7-591]

FLOTAC and Mini-FLOTAC for uro-microscopic diagnosis of Capillaria plica (syn. Pearsonema plica) in dogs

MAURELLI, MARIA PAOLA;RINALDI, LAURA;MUSELLA, VINCENZO;CRINGOLI, GIUSEPPE
2014

Abstract

Capillaria plica (syn. Pearsonema plica) is a nematode that resides in the urinary bladder and rarely in ureters or in the kidney pelvis of various carnivores, especially foxes and dogs. Urine sedimentation technique is actually the only diagnostic tool that permits the identification of C. plica eggs, but its sensitivity is low and when an infection is suspected (or when it is necessary to confirm treatment efficacy) more than one examination of urine sediment should be performed. The present paper reports a clinical case of natural C. plica infection in a dog from southern Italy. In addition, two new techniques, FLOTAC and Mini-FLOTAC, were used for the diagnosis of C. plica in dog urine and compared with the technique of sedimentation.
2014
FLOTAC and Mini-FLOTAC for uro-microscopic diagnosis of Capillaria plica (syn. Pearsonema plica) in dogs / Maurelli, MARIA PAOLA; Rinaldi, Laura; Rubino, Giuseppe; Lia, Riccardo; Musella, Vincenzo; Cringoli, Giuseppe. - In: BMC RESEARCH NOTES. - ISSN 1756-0500. - 7:1(2014), p. 591. [10.1186/1756-0500-7-591]
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