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Title: Citrobacter freudii septicemia in a newborn stranded whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
Authors: Arbelo Hernández, Manuel Antonio 
Sierra Pulpillo, Eva María 
Andrada Borzollino, Marisa Ana 
Herráez Thomas, Pedro Manuel 
Diaz Delgado,Josue 
Rivero Santana, Miguel Antonio 
Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús 
UNESCO Clasification: 310907 Patología
Issue Date: 2011
Conference: II Iberic Meeting in Veterinary Pathology (2011) 
Abstract: Citrobacter freundii, a gram-negative bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, is considered a ubiquitous and opportunistic pathogen. In humans, Citrobacter spp. have been associated with urinary tract infections, respiratory infections, bacteremia, septicemia and meningitis (Doran, 1999; Drelichman and Band, 1985). From a group of human cases diagnosed of Citrobacter freundii septicemia, 48% died (Drelichman and Band, 1985). In humans, person to person contact appears to be the usual mode of transmission; in young children, maternal transmission is possible (Doran, 1999) and Citrobacter koseri and C. freundii have been reported in vertically acquired infection (Doran, 1999; Malpas et al., 2003). In veterinary sciences, Citrobacter freundii is a potential cause of bacteremia-septicemia in puppies or immunocompromized adult dogs (Galarneau et al., 2003). C. freundii has infrequently been identified in cetaceans (Higgins, 2000), and although not reported as a cause of death, a carrier state and its likely importance in relation to dolphin health have been hypothesized (Buck et al., 2006). Here we report a case of a stranded neonatal beaked whale showing a bacteremia–septicemia caused by a systemic infection of Citrobacter freundii.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/124417
Source: II Iberic Meeting in Veterinary Pathology (2011)
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