Systemic Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infection in an arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) with severe multifocal suppurative meningoencephalitis and nephritis
| Autor: | Yoshifumi Kobayashi, Hironobu Senba, Masae Yanagisawa, Kou Takayama, Asako Kato, Tomoyuki Shibahara, Kazufumi Kasuya, Kei Iwata, Yusuke Nakahara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Staphylococcus pseudintermedius General Veterinary biology Vulpes business.industry Fistula 030106 microbiology Meningoencephalitis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences biology.animal medicine Lagopus Arctic fox medicine.symptom Emaciation business Nephritis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 80:1219-1222 |
| ISSN: | 1347-7439 0916-7250 |
| DOI: | 10.1292/jvms.18-0061 |
| Popis: | A 2-year-female arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) developed anorexia, dehydration, and emaciation during the quarantine period for importation from Norway, and died 17 days later. At necropsy, a fistula was observed on the left gluteal region, and the left eye, left brain, and kidneys were discolored. Histologically, severe diffuse suppurative meningoencephalitis and renal abscesses were detected. Numerous Gram-positive cocci were detected in these lesions. Multidrug-susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius were isolated from the lesions. These results suggest that S. pseudintermedius can cause severe multifocal suppurative meningoencephalitis and nephritis in foxes. This is the first report of multidrug-susceptible S. pseudintermedius meningoencephalitis and nephritis in a fox. |
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