Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Clindamycin treatment for Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs
By Wulansari, Retno et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2003·Faculty of Agriculture, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Clindamycin in the treatment of Babesia gibsoni infections in dogs.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
Ten dogs with Babesia gibsoni infections were treated with clindamycin, an antibiotic, to see if it could help them recover. The dogs showed symptoms like anemia (low red blood cells), loss of appetite, and lack of energy. After 14 days of treatment, clindamycin successfully reduced the number of parasites in their blood and improved their overall health. Most dogs experienced a decrease in symptoms and started to feel better, suggesting that clindamycin could be an effective treatment for this infection.
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Abstract
This report examines the effectiveness of clindamycin for the treatment of babesiosis in dogs (n=10) experimentally infected with Babesia gibsoni (B. gibsoni). Clindamycin (25 mg/kg body weight, per os, q 12 hours for 14 days) gradually reduced parasitemia levels and induced morphological changes that indicated degeneration of parasites (e.g., segmentation; size reduction; localization in the cell limbic and/or torn state of the nucleus; and swelling, decrease, or disappearance of the cytoplasm) in the majority of dogs. Clindamycin treatment reduced the clinical symptoms characteristic of Babesia infection, including anemia, anorexia, and listlessness. Clindamycin might be useful as a medicine for treatment of B. gibsoni infection.
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