Peracute Bacterial Meningitis due to Infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae in Captive-bred Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegate).
J Comp Pathol
; 156(2-3): 281-285, 2017.
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| ID: mdl-28161098
ABSTRACT
We describe the development of neurological signs in four juvenile black-and-white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegate), housed at a petting zoo in Japan. The clinical course was severe, with three lemurs dying within 1 day of the appearance of clinical signs. The other lemur was treated and survived. Pathological analyses demonstrated meningitis and the presence of gram-negative bacilli in the cerebrum, cerebellum, palatine tonsil and liver. Klebsiella pneumoniae was isolated from the brain of all of the dead lemurs. Multilocus sequence typing analysis showed that all the isolates were sequence type 86 (ST86). To our knowledge, this is the first determination of K. pneumoniae infection in ruffed lemurs of this genus. K. pneumoniae infection may represent a risk to lemurs and people who come into contact with infected animals.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Klebsiella Infections
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Meningitis, Bacterial
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Lemur
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Animals, Zoo
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
J Comp Pathol
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan