Fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

An adult female Elephant Trunk Snake (Acrochordus javanicus) was reported to have been weak and inappetent for five days. The following morning the snake found dead, while in the process of shedding its skin. On post mortem examination, there were multiple circumscribed caseous nodules of various si...

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Những tác giả chính: Sadiq, Muhammad Abubakar, Hassan, Latiffah, Zakaria, Z., Saharee, Abdul Aziz, Abba, Yusuf
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Được phát hành: Veterinary Association Malaysia 2016
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:50395 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50395/ Fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sadiq, Muhammad Abubakar Hassan, Latiffah Zakaria, Z. Saharee, Abdul Aziz Abba, Yusuf An adult female Elephant Trunk Snake (Acrochordus javanicus) was reported to have been weak and inappetent for five days. The following morning the snake found dead, while in the process of shedding its skin. On post mortem examination, there were multiple circumscribed caseous nodules of various sizes distributed all over the liver, along the respiratory tract and on the lungs. Bacteriological analysis of the lungs and liver swab samples yielded Burkholderia pseudomallei, which was confirmed by PCR amplification of specific 16S rRNA. The condition was diagnosed as melioidosis and the organism was genotypically characterized as sequence type 51, a genotype that has been previously characterized in humans in Malaysia. Antibiotic susceptibility by both Disc diffusion or Kirby Bauer and E-test minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) showed that the organism exhibited susceptibility to meropenem, imipenem, ceftazidime, cotrimoxazole and co-amoxyclav; the antibiotics recommended in the treatment of melioidosis. Veterinary Association Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50395/1/2016-Issue-1-Sadiq.pdf Sadiq, Muhammad Abubakar and Hassan, Latiffah and Zakaria, Z. and Saharee, Abdul Aziz and Abba, Yusuf (2016) Fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia, 28 (1). pp. 20-26. ISSN 9128-2506 http://jvm.vam.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-Issue-1-Sadiq.pdf
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description An adult female Elephant Trunk Snake (Acrochordus javanicus) was reported to have been weak and inappetent for five days. The following morning the snake found dead, while in the process of shedding its skin. On post mortem examination, there were multiple circumscribed caseous nodules of various sizes distributed all over the liver, along the respiratory tract and on the lungs. Bacteriological analysis of the lungs and liver swab samples yielded Burkholderia pseudomallei, which was confirmed by PCR amplification of specific 16S rRNA. The condition was diagnosed as melioidosis and the organism was genotypically characterized as sequence type 51, a genotype that has been previously characterized in humans in Malaysia. Antibiotic susceptibility by both Disc diffusion or Kirby Bauer and E-test minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) showed that the organism exhibited susceptibility to meropenem, imipenem, ceftazidime, cotrimoxazole and co-amoxyclav; the antibiotics recommended in the treatment of melioidosis.
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author Sadiq, Muhammad Abubakar
Hassan, Latiffah
Zakaria, Z.
Saharee, Abdul Aziz
Abba, Yusuf
spellingShingle Sadiq, Muhammad Abubakar
Hassan, Latiffah
Zakaria, Z.
Saharee, Abdul Aziz
Abba, Yusuf
Fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
author_facet Sadiq, Muhammad Abubakar
Hassan, Latiffah
Zakaria, Z.
Saharee, Abdul Aziz
Abba, Yusuf
author_sort Sadiq, Muhammad Abubakar
title Fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_short Fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_full Fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_fullStr Fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (Acrochordus javanicus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_sort fatal melioidosis in a captive elephant trunk snake (acrochordus javanicus) in kuala lumpur, malaysia
publisher Veterinary Association Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50395/1/2016-Issue-1-Sadiq.pdf
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