title: Coinfection by Ureaplasma spp., Photobacterium damselae and an Actinomyces-like microorganism in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with pleuropneumonia stranded along the Adriatic coast of Italy.
abstract: A case of pleuropneumonia is reported in an adult male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) found stranded in 2014 along the Central Adriatic coast of Italy. A severe pyogranulomatous pneumonia and thoracic lymphadenopathy were present at necropsy. Numerous Splendore-Hoeppli bodies were found microscopically scattered throughout the lung. Histochemical evidence of Actinomyces-like organisms was obtained from the pulmonary parenchyma, with a strain of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida and Ureaplasma spp. being also isolated from the same tissue. For the latter, a genome fragment of approximately 1400 bp from the 16s rDNA was amplified and sequenced. BLAST analysis revealed 100% identity with an uncultured Ureaplasma spp. (JQ193826.1).
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Francesco
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cammà
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Curini
authors.affiliation: University of Padua, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzariol
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Practitioner, Giulianova, Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Proietto
authors.affiliation: University of Teramo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Località Piano d'Accio, Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina Esmeralda
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Di Francesco
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale", Teramo, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Provvido
authors.affiliation: University of Teramo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Località Piano d'Accio, Teramo, Italy. Electronic address: gdiguardo@unite.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Guardo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050681:Bottle-Nosed Dolphin; D060085:Coinfection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008522:Mediterranean Sea / Q000453:epidemiology; D010776:Photobacterium; D011001:Pleuropneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014509:Ureaplasma
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
keywords: Actinomyces; Adriatic Sea; Bottlenose dolphin; Photobacterium damselae; Pleuropneumonia; Ureaplasma spp.