Endocarditis associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica in a short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis).
Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica is a rare cause of fatal septicemia in humans, and recently reported in a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). We describe fatal septicemia associated with W. chitiniclastica in a short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) with fibrinosuppurative and necrotizing pulmonic, aortic, and mitral valve endocarditis.
1 Veterinary Histology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Health, Veterinary School, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Trasmontaña s/n, Arucas 35413, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Diaz-Delgado
DD
Josue
Sierra
S
Eva
Vela Ana
VA
Isabel
Dominguez
D
Lucas
Andrada
A
Marisa
Arbelo
A
Manuel
Fernandez
F
Antonio
D000818:Animals; D050696:Common Dolphins; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*