Ulcerative Dermatitis and Valvular Endocarditis Associated withStaphylococcus aureusin a Hyacinth Macaw (Anadorhynchus hyacinthinus)
| Autor: | Minh Huynh, Silvia Carnaccini, Todd Driggers, H. L. Shivaprasad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Staphylococcus aureus Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Myocarditis Colony Count Microbial Dermatitis Skin infection medicine.disease_cause Macaw Fatal Outcome Parrots Food Animals medicine Animals Endocarditis General Immunology and Microbiology biology Bird Diseases Endocarditis Bacterial biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Dermatology Staphylococcal Skin Infections Animal Science and Zoology Ulcerative dermatitis Complication Staphylococcus |
| Zdroj: | Avian Diseases. 58:223-227 |
| ISSN: | 1938-4351 0005-2086 |
| DOI: | 10.1637/10690-101413-reg.1 |
| Popis: | An 18-yr-old male hyacinth macaw (Anadorhynchus hyacinthinus) was found dead in his aviary with no preexisting signs. The bird had a chronic history of feather damaging behavior, with severe ulcerative dermatitis. Pathologic findings revealed a vegetative valvular endocarditis, myocarditis, septicemia, chronic severe glomerulonephritis, and thyroid dysplasia. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the valve, the liver, and the skin. Repeated trauma and low-rate bacteriemia may have contributed to the development of endocarditis. Translocation of S. aureus skin infection in the bloodstream may lead to subacute endocarditis in humans and such mechanism is suspected in this case. This case suggests that endocarditis associated with S. aureus septicemia is a potential complication of feather damaging behavior. This case also reports a systemic complication of ulcerative dermatitis secondary to feather damaging behavior. Endocarditis has been poorly reported in psittacine species, and such medical complication of feather damaging behavior has never been reported to our knowledge. Furthermore, S. aureus is a bacteria of public health concern and should be integrated into the differential when pet parrots with dermatitis are in proximity to owners. |
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