Characterization of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coliisolated from captive wild felids with bacteremia

Autor: Carvalho, Vania M., Osugui, Lika, Setzer, Ariela P., Lopez, Rodrigo P. G., Pestana de Castro, Antonio F., Irino, Kinue, Catão-Dias, José L.
Zdroj: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation; September 2012, Vol. 24 Issue: 5 p1014-1016, 3p
Abstrakt: Diseases caused by extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli(ExPEC) in wild felids are rarely reported. Although urinary tract infections are infrequently reported in domestic cats, such infections when present are commonly caused by ExPEC. The present work characterized ExPEC strains isolated from 2 adult felines, a snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and a black leopard (Panthera pardus melas), that died from secondary bacteremia associated with urinary tract infections. Isolates from both animals were classified into the B2 phylogenetic group and expressed virulence genotypes that allowed them to cause severe disease. In addition, strains from the black leopard showed multidrug resistance.
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