Leptospirosis in squirrels imported from United States to Japan.
We diagnosed leptospirosis in 2 patients exposed to southern flying squirrels imported from the United States to Japan. Patients worked with exotic animals in their company. Leptospira isolates from 1 patient and 5 of 10 squirrels at the company were genetically and serologically identical and were identified as Leptospira kirschneri.
Masuzawa
Toshiyuki
T
Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba Institute of Science, Choshi, Japan. masuzawat@cis.ac.jp
Okamoto
Yoshihiro
Y
Une
Yumi
Y
Takeuchi
Takahiro
T
Tsukagoshi
Keiko
K
Koizumi
Nobuo
N
Kawabata
Hiroki
H
Ohta
Shuji
S
Yoshikawa
Yasuhiro
Y
D000328:Adult; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007919:Leptospira / Q000235:genetics; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000382:microbiology*; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000658:Amoxicillin; D013307:Streptomycin