Case Report: Bilateral Nocardial Endophthalmitis in a Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
| Autor: | B. Wolfe, David E. Malarkey, T. L. Reynolds, H. J. Barnes, D. M. Camp, L. Lu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty General Veterinary biology Protonotaria citrea Gram-positive bacteria Retinal Nocardia biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Microbiology Staining chemistry.chemical_compound Endophthalmitis medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry medicine Eyelid Nocardia Infections |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Pathology. 46:120-123 |
| ISSN: | 1544-2217 0300-9858 |
| DOI: | 10.1354/vp.46-1-120 |
| Popis: | A 7-year-old captive female prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea) died following chronic feather and weight loss. At necropsy, the right eye had a 2 X 2 X 1 mm corneal plaque of inspissated yellow-tan material and edema of the lower eyelid. Microscopically, both eyes exhibited diffuse, severe pyogr anulomatous endophthalmitis with retinal necrosis and detachment. Numerous intralesional branching, gram-positive, beaded, filamentous bacteria formed a thick mat attached to the retinal pigmented epithelium and extending into the pecten. Bacteria were strongly acid-fast positive by Fite's stain but only occasionally acid-fast positive by Ziehl-Neelsen staining, a characteristic consistent with a Nocardia spp. Infected regions demonstrated positive in situ hybridization reactivity with a probe complementary to the 16S rRNA gene of Nocardia spp. There was no evidence of primary bacterial infection in the other organs examined. |
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