Author, as appears in the article.: Pérez L; Abarca ML; Latif-Eugenín F; Beaz-Hidalgo R; Figueras MJ; Domingo M
Department: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: BEAZ HIDALGO, ROXANA / Figueras Salvat, María Josefa
Keywords: Aeromonas Aeromonas dhakensis Aeromonas hydrophila Ani Animal Animals Animals, newborn Bacteria (microorganisms) Bacterial pneumonia Blood Case report Catalonia Classification Dolphin Dolphins Genetics Gram negative infection Gram-negative bacterial infections Grampus griseus Isolation and purification Male Mammalia Marine ecosystem Mediterranean sea Microbiology Neonate New taxa Newborn Pathogenicity Phylogeny Pneumonia Pneumonia, bacterial Rpod Sepsis Spain Veterinary Virulence
Abstract: A neonate Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus was found stranded alive on a beach in Catalonia, Spain. Rehabilitation attempts were unsuccessful and it died 2 d later, showing pneumonia and sepsis. A pure bacterial culture was obtained from all tissues and blood and identified as Aeromonas hydrophila using the API 20NE. However, sequencing the rpoD gene showed that the strain in fact belongs to A. dhakensis, making this the first report of fatal haemorrhagic-necrotizing pneumonia and sepsis due to this species in a marine mammal. The A. dhakensis strain GMV-704 produced ?-haemolysis, possessed several virulence genes and showed sensitivity to several antimicrobials. This study provides a new potential host for A. dhakensis, and its potential virulence in dolphins and its presence in the marine environment may warrant considering this species a potential threat to marine mammals.
Thematic Areas: Aquatic science Biodiversidade Biotecnología Ciências agrárias i Ciências ambientais Ciências biológicas i Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas iii Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics Fisheries General medicine Geociências Marine & freshwater biology Medicina i Medicina iii Medicina veterinaria Medicine (all) Odontología Saúde coletiva Veterinary sciences Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: mariajose.figueras@urv.cat
ISSN: 01775103
Author identifier: 0000-0002-2268-8980
Record's date: 2023-02-22
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v116/n1/p69-74/
Papper original source: Diseases Of Aquatic Organisms. 116 (1): 69-74
APA: Pérez L; Abarca ML; Latif-Eugenín F; Beaz-Hidalgo R; Figueras MJ; Domingo M (2015). Aeromonas dhakensis pneumonia and sepsis in a neonate Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus from the Mediterranean Sea. Diseases Of Aquatic Organisms, 116(1), 69-74. DOI: 10.3354/dao02899
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.3354/dao02899
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2015
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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