A case of neonatal calf with meningitis associated with Klebsiella oxytoca infection.
A 16-days-old calf exhibited pyrexia, difficulty to stand and walk, cloudiness of the ocular aqueous humor, and swelling of the shoulder joints. The primary pathological lesion was fibrinopurulent meningitis with Gram-negative small bacilli, and which was concurrently accompanied with endophthalmitis, polyarthritis, and purulent inflammation in several visceral organs. Klebsiella oxytoca was isolated from the brain and spinal cord. These results suggest that this is a rare case of meningitis with septicemic K. oxytoca infection in neonatal calf.
Seimiya
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Morioka Livestock Hygiene Service Center, Iwate, Japan.
Ohshima
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K
Itoh
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H
Murakami
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R
Haritani
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M
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000382:microbiology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008581:Meningitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*