Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Intra-abdominal granulomas caused by Clostridium tertium in an American Fuzzy Lop rabbit

2019; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA; Volume: 49; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0103-8478cr20180777

ISSN

1678-4596

Autores

Mirella Lauria D’Elia, Alice Barroso Santos, B.N.T. Ribeiro, R.C.S. Tôrres, Renato L. Santos, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, A.C. Nepomuceno,

Tópico(s)

Neutropenia and Cancer Infections

Resumo

ABSTRACT: A 6-year-old Fuzzy Lop rabbit was referred to a veterinary hospital with a complaint of lameness. In addition to a vertebral subluxation, two radiopaque and well-defined structures were revealed by radiographic evaluation. Ultrasonographically, the masses were characterized as parenchymal structures with diffuse mineralization and formation of reverberation artifacts, suggesting presence of gas. These two structures were excised during a laparotomy and Clostridium tertium was isolated. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of C. tertium infection in a pet animal.

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