Tamai Iradj Ashrafi, Pakbin Babak, Kafi Zahra Ziafati, Brück Wolfram Manuel
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417466191, Iran.
Institute for Life Technologies, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland Valais-Wallis, 1950 Sion 2, Switzerland.
Antibiotics (Basel). 2021 Jun 8;10(6):686. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10060686.
is an opportunistic pathogen isolated from human infections and, rarely, from some aquatic animals. A 3-year-old male ball python () 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, 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 in an oral abscess in a ball python. As a result we would consider this organism as an opportunistic animal pathogen with zoonotic potentiality.
是一种从人类感染中分离出的机会性病原菌，很少从一些水生动物中分离出来。一名宠物主人将一条3岁的雄性球蟒（ ）送到兽医诊所，因为它出现了急性呼吸和吞咽衰竭。在体格检查期间，在动物的口腔和喉咙中观察到口腔分泌物和脓肿。经过包括分离、鉴定和16s rRNA测序在内的微生物学分析，检测到 是该病例口腔脓肿的主要原因。系统发育相关性分析表明，该分离株与从人类感染中分离出的其他菌株关系密切。抗菌药敏试验显示该分离株具有多重耐药性。然而，它对米诺环素、头孢他啶和四环素非常敏感。患者接受了抗生素治疗，两周后完全康复。据我们所知，这是球蟒口腔脓肿中首次出现 。因此，我们将这种微生物视为具有人畜共患病潜力的机会性动物病原菌。
