José Zárate-Ramos J J, Gómez-Garza M A, Rodríguez-Tovar L E, Escareño J Hernández, Contreras-Lozano J A
1 Cuerpo Académico de Epidemiología, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Campus Ciencias Agropecuarias, Av. Francisco Villa s/n Ex-Hacienda El Canadá, General Escobedo, Nuevo León, C.P., 66050, México.
2 Laboratorio de Fauna Silvestre, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Campus Ciencias Agropecuarias, Av. Francisco Villa s/n Ex-Hacienda El Canadá, General Escobedo, Nuevo León, C.P., 66050, México.
J Parasitol. 2018 Oct;104(5):574-575. doi: 10.1645/17-93. Epub 2018 Jul 18.
We provide the first report of Acanthocephala ( Prosthenorchis elegans) in Mexican non-human primates. There has been no known treatment against this parasite except for surgical removal, and this has been relatively ineffective because of the small juveniles. We report the presence of P. elegans in a captive breeding colony of squirrel monkeys ( Saimiri sciureus) in Mexico, and we describe a successful treatment protocol. Treatment involved 2 steps: oral administration of the drugs loperamide chlorhydrate (0.5 mg/0.9 kg/3 days) and niclosamide (0.2 mg/0.9 kg/3 days) followed by surgical removal of adult worms from the intestine. Fecal examination during treatment revealed live adults but no living juveniles and no eggs. Surgery after 1 wk of treatment revealed the presence of adults and an absence of juvenile parasites. All adults were physically extracted during the surgery. All subjects recovered from surgery within 1 wk.
我们首次报告了在墨西哥非人灵长类动物体内发现的棘头虫（秀丽前殖棘头虫）。除了手术摘除之外，目前尚无针对这种寄生虫的已知治疗方法，而且由于幼虫较小，手术摘除相对无效。我们报告了在墨西哥松鼠猴（松鼠猴属）的一个圈养繁殖群体中发现秀丽前殖棘头虫的情况，并描述了一种成功的治疗方案。治疗包括两个步骤：口服盐酸洛哌丁胺（0.5毫克/0.9千克/3天）和氯硝柳胺（0.2毫克/0.9千克/3天），随后从肠道中手术摘除成虫。治疗期间的粪便检查发现有活的成虫，但没有活的幼虫和虫卵。治疗1周后进行的手术显示存在成虫且没有幼虫寄生虫。所有成虫在手术过程中均被物理取出。所有受试动物在1周内从手术中恢复。
