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A 10-year-old, castrated male, domestic longhaired cat with a history of urinary tract disease and perineal urethrostomy was presented for evaluation of persistent urinary tract inflammation. Prior to referral, diphtheroid organisms had been cultured from a urine sample obtained by cystocentesis, and they were interpreted as sample contamination. Subsequent urine culture and gene sequencing identified Corynebacterium jeikeium, which was resistant to antibiotics and appeared to be the cause of the urinary tract infection.
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Anti-Infective Agents/pharmacology , Cat Diseases/drug therapy , Corynebacterium Infections/veterinary , Corynebacterium/isolation & purification , Urinary Tract Infections/veterinary , Animals , Anti-Infective Agents/administration & dosage , Bacteriuria/microbiology , Cat Diseases/microbiology , Cats , Corynebacterium/drug effects , Corynebacterium/genetics , Corynebacterium Infections/drug therapy , Corynebacterium Infections/microbiology , Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial , Enzyme Inhibitors/administration & dosage , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Male , Microbial Sensitivity Tests/veterinary , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Treatment Outcome , Urinary Tract Infections/drug therapy , Urinary Tract Infections/microbiologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To determine prevalence of Salmonella spp in samples collected from wild North American turtles. ANIMALS: 94 wild North American turtles of 6 species in 2 genera. DESIGN: Prospective microbiologic study. PROCEDURES: A convenience sample of wild North Carolina turtles admitted to a veterinary college was evaluated for Salmonella spp by use of standard techniques via microbiologic culture of cloacal swab and fecal samples. Gastrointestinal mucosa samples were also collected at necropsy from turtles that died or were euthanized. Cloacal swab samples were also collected from wild pond turtles for bacteriologic culture. Controls were established by use of wild-type Salmonella Typhimurium LT2. RESULTS: 94 turtles were tested for Salmonella spp; Salmonella spp were not detected in any sample. By use of a pathogen-prevalence and sample-size table, the true prevalence of Salmonella spp was estimated as < 5%. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Results suggested that wild turtles in central North Carolina may not be active shedders or carriers of Salmonella spp. Despite this 0% prevalence of infection, proper hygiene practices should be followed when handling wild turtles.
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Cloaca/microbiology , Feces/microbiology , Intestinal Mucosa/microbiology , Salmonella Infections, Animal/epidemiology , Turtles/microbiology , Animals , Animals, Wild/microbiology , Disease Reservoirs/veterinary , Prevalence , Prospective Studies , Salmonella/isolation & purification , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
An adult female European cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) from a public aquarium presented with an eruptive skin lesion of the dorsal mantle. Radiographs, hemolymph collection, and excisional biopsy were performed using anesthesia with ethanol 1.5-3% in seawater. Elastic and freely mobile skin permitted closure with minimal tension following wide excision around the lesions, which did not appear to penetrate deep to the underlying cuttlebone. Biopsy revealed hemocyte granulomas surrounding thin, septate, infrequently branching fungal hyphae, and culture yielded Cladosporium sp. Itraconazole was administered postoperatively in food items. The cuttlefish recovered to normal feeding and activity levels with complete surgical site healing. Two months following the procedure, the animal was found dead in exhibit. Histopathologic examination revealed multisystemic fungal infection.
