First report of Enterobacter hormaechei with respiratory disease in calves.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enterobacter hormaechei is commonly considered a causative pathogen for nosocomial infections and it does not usually cause diseases in animals. However, researchers have recently dissociated the pathogenic Enterobacter hormaechei from foxes and piglets. Here, the Enterobacter hormaechei was first found to be associated with respiratory disease in unweaned calves in China.

Case presentation

A 2-month-old calf was severely sick and diagnosed with respiratory infection by a rural veterinarian, and it died 5 days after treatment with penicillin G. The lung sample was then run through histopathological analysis and pathogen isolation. The sequence analysis and biochemical tests results showed the isolated bacterium strain to be Enterobacter hormaechei, and drug sensit

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6942294 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature