Pleuritis and suppurative pneumonia associated with a hypermucoviscosity phenotype of Klebsiella pneumoniae in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 174-177

  Jang, Spencer ^a   Wheeler, Liz ^b   Carey, Roberta B ^c   Jensen, Bette ^c   Crandall, Claudia M ^d   Schrader, Kimmi N ^d   Jessup, David ^e   Colegrove, Kathleen ^f   Gulland, Frances M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^f University of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

California sea lion; Hypermucoviscosity type; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pleuritis; Suppurative pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEATH; DYSPNEA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEURISY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUS; SEAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHENOTYPE; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA LIONS;

ANIMALIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAMMALIA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 75149133639     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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