Edwardsiella tarda sepsis in a live-stranded sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
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- 作者：Piet Cools ; Jan Haelters ; Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago ; Geert Claeys ; Jerina Boelens ; Isabel Leroux-Roels ; Mario Vaneechoutte ; Pieter Deschaght
- 关键词：Sperm whale ; Stranding ; Edwardsiella tarda ; Emerging pathogen ; Sepsis ; Zoonosis
- 刊名：Veterinary Microbiology
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：27 September, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：166
- 期：1-2
- 页码：311-315
- 全文大小：270 K
文摘
Whale strandings remain poorly understood, although bacterial infections have been suggested to contribute. We isolated Edwardsiella tarda from the blood of a stranded sperm whale. The pathogen was identified with MALDI-TOF MS, confirmed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and quantified in blood by qPCR. We report the first case of sepsis in a sperm whale. The zoonotic potential of E. tarda and the possible role of bacterial infections in the enigmatic strandings of cetaceans are discussed.