Histopathological and immunohistochemical study of the gastrointestinal tract from a dog naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi: a case report
Samples of stomach, duodenum, jejunun, ileum, cecum and colon were collected for Giemsa-smears ("imprints") from one asymptomatic mongrel dog, naturally infected with Leishmania (L) chagasi. Other fragments were obtained and fixed in formalin (10% and buffered) for histopathological and immunohistochemical studies. The immunohistochemistry was carried out by a streptavidin-peroxidase technique and it allowed to detect amastigote forms of Leishmania chagasi in the different paraffin gut sections. The principal lesion observed was a discrete to moderate chronic inflammatory reaction in the mucosa and submucosa in all fragments of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). A chronic cellular exsudate was observed in all GIT tissues and it was composed by mononuclear cells (monocytes, plasmocytes and lymphocytes). A comparison between the two techniques showed that the immunohistochemistry study is the best method to detect amastigote forms of Leishmania.
Main Authors: | Silva,F.L., Tafuri,W.L., Oliveira,M.R., Tafuri,Wg. L. |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária
2002
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352002000400002 |
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