title: Granulomatous dermatitis and mastitis in two SPF rats associated with a slowly growing Staphylococcus aureus--a case report.
abstract: An isolated occurrence of multifocal severe granulomatous dermatitis and mastitis accompanied by extensive calcifications is described in 2 female Sprague-Dawley, SPF breeding rats. Poorly growing Staphylococcus aureus of uncertain lysotype (probably lysotype II) was isolated from the lesions of both rats. The source of infection could not be determined. No further cases in the closed barrier maintained breeding colony occurred in the following 7 months. Difficulties in interpreting these findings and the practical consequences relating to the hygienic status of the barrier breeding colony are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory Animal Facility, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kunstýr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lenz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008413:Mastitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Q000382:microbiology; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*