An outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in piglets in Brazil

Apesar da crescente importância de Clostridium difficile como causador de diarreia em leitoes, sao escassos os estudos e relatos da doenca no Brasil. O objetivo do presente trabalho e descrever um surto de diarreia por C. difficile em uma granja localizada no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. A frequencia de diarreia em leitoes com ate 7 dias de vida aumentou de uma media de 2% para aproximadamente 20%. Leitoes necropsiados apresentavam edema de mesocolon e, na avaliacao histopatologica, uma colite neutrofilica necrotizante severa foi observada. O conteudo intestinal foi positivo para as toxinas A e B e negativo para outros patogenos pesquisados. A associacao dos sinais clinicos, achados post mortem e resultados dos exames laboratoriais permite confirmar o diagnostico de diarreia por C. difficile . O presente relato confirma C. difficile como um patogeno de suinos no Brasil e destaca a necessidade de inclusao desse enteropatogeno no diagnostico laboratorial para as diarreias em leitoes.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Semina-ciencias Agrarias

• Publication date

  2013-12-17

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  DOI 10.5433/1679-0359.2013V34N6SUPL2P3923
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