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17 March 2020 ASPIRATION BRONCHOPNEUMONIA BY ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII IN A WILDLIFE EUROPEAN HARE (LEPUS EUROPAEUS) IN BRAZIL
David G. Pereira, Elizabeth Batista, Thierry G. de Cristo, Fábio Santiani, Ricardo A. P. Sfaciotte, Sandra M. Ferraz, Aury N de Moraes, Renata A. Casagrande
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Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii is a major cause of illness in hospitalized patients and the most important and common pathogen in nosocomial outbreaks worldwide. In animals, A. baumannii has been associated with respiratory infections in a group of minks, leading to pneumonia and acute mortality. This report documents a case of aspiration bronchopneumonia in a wild European hare caused by A. baumannii. A free-ranging, adult male European hare was submitted to necropsy after acute trauma due to being hit by a car. Its lungs showed consolidation with abscess in the middle and cranial lobes. Histopathologic evaluation revealed liquefactive necrosis associated with neutrophilic infiltration, cellular debris, plant material, and bacterial myriads surrounded by moderate neutrophils, macrophages, multinucleated giant cells, lymphocytes, and plasma cell inflammation. Acinetobacter baumannii was isolated from lung tissue.

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David G. Pereira, Elizabeth Batista, Thierry G. de Cristo, Fábio Santiani, Ricardo A. P. Sfaciotte, Sandra M. Ferraz, Aury N de Moraes, and Renata A. Casagrande "ASPIRATION BRONCHOPNEUMONIA BY ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII IN A WILDLIFE EUROPEAN HARE (LEPUS EUROPAEUS) IN BRAZIL," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 51(1), 253-256, (17 March 2020). https://doi.org/10.1638/2019-0100
Accepted: 5 November 2019; Published: 17 March 2020
KEYWORDS
lagomorphs
multidrug-resistant bacteria
pathology
respiratory infection
zoonosis
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