Treatment Abandonment in Feline Sporotrichosis – Study of 147 Cases |
| |
Authors: | A R Chaves M P de Campos M B L Barros C N do Carmo I D F Gremião S A Pereira T M P Schubach |
| |
Institution: | 1. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas (IPEC) ‐ Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), RJ, Brazil;2. Escola Nacional de Saúde Publica Sérgio Arouca, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), RJ, Brazil;3. Instituto de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |
| |
Abstract: | This study describes the epidemiological, clinical and mycological aspects of feline sporotrichosis cases attending the Laboratory of Clinical Research on Dermatozoonosis in Domestic Animals – Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute (LAPCLIN‐DERMZOO/IPEC/FIOCRUZ), from 1998 to 2005. It was possible to get in contact with 147 (19.2%) cat owners. One hundred and thirteen (76.9%) cats were male, 117 (79.6%) had no defined race and 87 (59.2%) were sexually intact. The age ranged from 72 to 216 months (median = 108 months). Nineteen cats were reassessed: eleven (57.8%) were male, thirteen (36.8%) were breed and fifteen (47.3%) castrated. Fourteen (52.6%) animals lived at home and did not roamed the streets. Seven (36.8%) had normal clinical findings and negative mycological examination. Twelve (63.1%) cats had skin lesions compatible with sporotrichosis. Thirty‐one (21%, n = 147) cats disappeared after abandoning treatment, 36 (24.5%, n = 147) were alive and 80 (54.4%, n = 147) had died. Causes of death informed by the owners were: sporotrichosis in 35 (43.7%, n = 80), accidental death in 27 (33.7%, n = 80) and other diseases in 18 (22.5%, n = 80). Withdrawal of treatment occurred mainly at the time of clinical improvement and may represent a serious obstacle to the control of sporotrichosis. |
| |
Keywords: | Sporotrichosis cat abandonment zoonosis therapeutics |
|
|