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Oral Abscess Caused by Chryseobacterium indologenes in Ball Python (Python regius); A Case Report

Chryseobacterium indologenes is an opportunistic pathogen isolated from human infections and, rarely, from some aquatic animals. A 3-year-old male ball python (Python regius) was admitted to the veterinary clinic by a pet owner because of acute respiratory and swallowing failure. During physical exa...

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Autores principales: Tamai, Iradj Ashrafi, Pakbin, Babak, Kafi, Zahra Ziafati, Brück, Wolfram Manuel
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8230243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34201171
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10060686
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author Tamai, Iradj Ashrafi
Pakbin, Babak
Kafi, Zahra Ziafati
Brück, Wolfram Manuel
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description Chryseobacterium indologenes is an opportunistic pathogen isolated from human infections and, rarely, from some aquatic animals. A 3-year-old male ball python (Python regius) was admitted to the veterinary clinic by a pet owner because of acute respiratory and swallowing failure. During physical examinations, oral secretions and abscesses were observed in the mouth cavity and throat of the animal. After microbiological analysis including isolation, identification, and 16s rRNA sequencing, C. indologenes was detected as the main cause of the oral abscess in this case. Phylogenetic relatedness analysis showed a close relationship between this isolate and other strains isolated from human infections. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed that the isolate was multi-drug resistant. However, it was very sensitive to minocycline, ceftazidime, and tetracycline. The patient was treated by antibiotic therapy and completely recovered after two weeks. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first incidence of C. indologenes in an oral abscess in a ball python. As a result we would consider this organism as an opportunistic animal pathogen with zoonotic potentiality.
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spelling pubmed-82302432021-06-26 Oral Abscess Caused by Chryseobacterium indologenes in Ball Python (Python regius); A Case Report Tamai, Iradj Ashrafi Pakbin, Babak Kafi, Zahra Ziafati Brück, Wolfram Manuel Antibiotics (Basel) Case Report Chryseobacterium indologenes is an opportunistic pathogen isolated from human infections and, rarely, from some aquatic animals. A 3-year-old male ball python (Python regius) was admitted to the veterinary clinic by a pet owner because of acute respiratory and swallowing failure. During physical examinations, oral secretions and abscesses were observed in the mouth cavity and throat of the animal. After microbiological analysis including isolation, identification, and 16s rRNA sequencing, C. indologenes was detected as the main cause of the oral abscess in this case. Phylogenetic relatedness analysis showed a close relationship between this isolate and other strains isolated from human infections. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed that the isolate was multi-drug resistant. However, it was very sensitive to minocycline, ceftazidime, and tetracycline. The patient was treated by antibiotic therapy and completely recovered after two weeks. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first incidence of C. indologenes in an oral abscess in a ball python. As a result we would consider this organism as an opportunistic animal pathogen with zoonotic potentiality. MDPI 2021-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8230243/ /pubmed/34201171 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10060686 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Oral Abscess Caused by Chryseobacterium indologenes in Ball Python (Python regius); A Case Report
title_sort oral abscess caused by chryseobacterium indologenes in ball python (python regius); a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8230243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34201171
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10060686
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