title: Isolation of a zoonotic pathogen Kluyvera ascorbata from Egyptian fruit-bat Rousettus aegyptiacus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Brain Korea 21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jee Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Dennis K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: Ji Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Casiano H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Choresca
authors.forename: Sang Phil
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Se Chang
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: 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