Isolation and characterization of atypical Listeria monocytogenes associated with a canine urinary tract infection.
J Vet Diagn Invest
; 28(5): 604-7, 2016 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-27493137
ABSTRACT
Listeria monocytogenes, a well-described cause of encephalitis and abortion in ruminants and of food-borne illness in humans, is rarely associated with disease in companion animals. A case of urinary tract infection associated with an atypical, weakly hemolytic L. monocytogenes strain is described in a diabetic dog. The serotype of the L. monocytogenes isolate was determined to be 1/2a (3a), with the multilocus genotyping pattern 2.72_1/2a. A nucleotide substitution (Gly145Asp) was detected at residue 145 in the promoter prfA region. This residue is within the critical helix-turn-helix motif of PrfA. The source of the L. monocytogenes strain remains unknown, and the dog recovered after a 4-week course of cephalexin (30 mg/kg orally twice daily).
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Urinary Tract Infections
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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Dog Diseases
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Listeriosis
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Listeria monocytogenes
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
J Vet Diagn Invest
Journal subject:
MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article