Klebsiella pneumoniae as a cause of pneumonia and septicemia in a civet kitten (Civettictis civetta) in the Jos Zoo, Nigeria.

Autor: Enurah LU; National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria., Adeniyi KO, Ocholi RA, Spencer TH, Badung JD
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of wildlife diseases [J Wildl Dis] 1988 Jul; Vol. 24 (3), pp. 585-6.
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-24.3.585
Abstrakt: A fatal case of acute pneumonia and septicemia that occurred in a captive civet kitten (Civettictis civetta) in the Jos Zoo, Nigeria is reported. Diagnosis was based on clinical signs, necropsy findings, and the isolation of Klebsiella pneumoniae from the lung, intestine, liver and heart blood of the animal. This is the first report of clinical K. pneumoniae infection in a wild or captive animal in Nigeria.
Databáze: MEDLINE