Isolation of a zoonotic pathogen Kluyvera ascorbata from Egyptian fruit-bat Rousettus aegyptiacus.
The Egyptian fruit-bat Rousettus aegyptiacus which had been raised at the private commercial aquarium in Seoul, Korea for indoor exhibition was found dead and submitted to College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University for postmortem examination. A pure bacterium of Kluyvera ascorbata was isolated from the blood specimen. The isolation of K. ascorbata from fruit bat is very important, because it is the most infectious agent of the genus Kluyvera that cause serious diseases to animals and human. Fruit-bats which are distributed in pet shops through black-market in Korea although unproven become popular pet nowadays. This situation enhances chance of zoonosis. This paper describes the first isolation of K. ascorbata from the Egyptian fruit-bat.
Han
Jee Eun
JE
Brain Korea 21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Gomez
Dennis K
DK
Kim
Ji Hyung
JH
Choresca
Casiano H
CH
Shin
Sang Phil
SP
Park
Se Chang
SC
D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D044086:Kluyvera / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology; D015047:Zoonoses