Вот какие потенциальные инфекции могут заноситься в человеч. организм с пиафками:
However, the use of leeches can be complicated by infections, especially with the bacterial genus Aeromonas Bacterial infections may vary from minor application in modern medicine greatly increased when wound complications, local abscess and cellulitis, to serious illness such as myocarditis, peritonitis, meningitis, bacteremia and sepsis (Bauters et al., 2007; Yantis et al., 2009; Bourdais et al., 2010). The extensive studies carried out on the gut bacterial flora of medical leeches show that Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria are the dominant symbiotic species living in the leech digestive tract (Worthen et al., 2006). However, these bacteria are important pathogens to humans. A high incidence of Aeromonas infection (2.4 to 36%) has been noted after application of medicinal leeches, despite their external decontamination before their medical use (Bauters et al., 2007). Moreover, infections with other pathogens such as Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas spp., Vibrio fluvialis associated with medicinal leech therapy have also been reported (Porshinsky et al., 2011). Also, feeding leeches with fresh animal blood during the maintenance and reproductive phases poses the risk of transmission of pathogens to the patients. It has been experimentally demonstrated that many pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoan parasites from previous blood sources can survive within a leech for many months, and may be transmitted to mammalian hosts (Nehili et al., 1994; Al-Khleif et al., 2011). A recent study revealed the presence of potentially pathogenic fungal species such as Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida guilliermondii, Candida krusei, on the jaws and body surface of H. medicinalis (Biedunkiewicz and Bielecki, 2010). Moreover, some cases of chromoblastomycosis caused by Fonsecaea species after wild leech bites have been reported (Ungpakorn and Reangchainam, 2006; Slesak et al., 2011).
Hirudo verbana is a source of fungal isolates potentially pathogenic to humans...
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