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Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis in an adult horse with enteric Salmonellosis
Author(s) -
Johns Imogen C.,
Jesty Sophy A.,
James Frances M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1476-4431
pISSN - 1479-3261
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2005.00182.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , exploratory laparotomy , horse , sepsis , pseudomonas aeruginosa , salmonella , bloody diarrhea , blood culture , diarrhea , microbiology and biotechnology , feces , surgery , bacteria , antibiotics , biology , genetics , paleontology
Objective: To report a case of enteric Salmonellosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in an adult horse. Case summary: A 7‐year‐old mare presented for signs of acute abdominal pain. Exploratory laparotomy allowed surgical correction of right dorsal displacement of the large colon with a 180° volvulus at the cecocolic ligament. Postoperatively, the mare developed fevers, leukopenia, and diarrhea. Salmonella newport was cultured from the feces and P. aeruginosa from 2 consecutive blood cultures. The mare responded well to intensive medical therapy. New or unique information provided: Bacteremia associated with colitis is unusual in an adult horse, although the percentage of animals that may be bacteremic is unknown. The bacteria isolated, P. aeruginosa , a common pathogen of other sites in the horse, has not, to our knowledge, been previously reported as a cause of bacteremia and septicemia in an adult horse.