Streptobacillary pleuritis in a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).
A case of Streptobacillus moniliformis pleuritis  in a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is reported. Lesions were granulomatous in nature. S. moniliformis was recovered in pure culture, and found by experimental inoculation to be pathogenic for mice but not for a rat.
D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000382:microbiology; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013288:Streptobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification