Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
| Autor: | Mirella Lauria D'Elia, Pedro Lúcio Lithg Pereira, Álvaro Roberto Cavalcanti, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato, Danielle Ferreira de Magalhães Soares, Rodrigo Costa Leal, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, Guilherme Cavalcanti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Diarrhea
Male Felidae medicine.medical_specialty Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea Veterinary medicine Animals Wild Cefovecin Biology Microbiology Gastroenterology Feces chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine medicine Animals Pathogen Enterocolitis Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis Leopardus Clostridioides difficile Zoonosis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases chemistry Toxigenic strain medicine.symptom Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Anaerobe. 20:82-84 |
| ISSN: | 1075-9964 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study is to report a case of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The animal, a 24-month-old male, was referred to the Centro de Reabilitação de Animais Silvestres (CRAS) with a history of having been run over and tibia and fibula fractures. After a surgery to repair the fractures, the ocelot underwent antibiotic therapy with two doses of sodium cefovecin, during which he presented with diarrhea. A stool sample was positive for A/B toxins by a cytotoxicity assay, and a toxigenic strain of C. difficile was isolated. No other enteropathogens were detected. The association between the history, clinical signs and laboratory exams confirmed the diagnosis of C. difficile-associated diarrhea. The present report confirms C. difficile as a potential pathogen for wild felids and suggests that the C. difficile-associated diarrhea should be considered in diarrhea cases, especially when the clinical signs began after antimicrobial use. |
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