Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Urinary tract infection by Comamonas kerstersii in a young goat
By Pavone, Silvia et al.·Published in BMC veterinary research·2021·Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche 'Togo Rosati', Italy·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: First report of urinary tract infection caused by Comamonas kerstersii in a goat.
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Plain-English summary
A 7-month-old male goat was brought to the vet showing signs of lethargy, weakness, and loss of appetite. Sadly, the goat's condition worsened rapidly, leading to severe depression and abdominal swelling before it passed away. A thorough examination revealed severe kidney infection and damage, which was traced back to a rare bacterium called Comamonas kerstersii. This case is significant as it marks the first time this bacterium has been reported to cause an infection in animals. Unfortunately, despite the findings, the goat did not survive.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Comamonas kerstersii is rarely associated with infections in humans and has never been reported in animals until now. CASE PRESENTATION: Herein, we describe a case of urinary tract infection caused by C. kerstersii in a young goat. A seven-month-old male goat showed lethargy, generalised weakness and anorexia and in the last hours before its death, severe depression, slight abdominal distention, ruminal stasis, and sternal recumbency. Grossly, multifocal haemorrhages in different organs and tissues, subcutaneous oedema and hydrocele, serous fluid with scattered fibrin deposition on the serosa of the abdominal organs and severe pyelonephritis with multifocal renal infarction were detected. Histopathological examination confirmed severe chronic active pyelonephritis with renal infarcts, multi-organ vasculitis and thrombosis suggestive of an infectious diseases of bacterial origin. The bacterium was identified using routine methods, matrix assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), and sequencing of the gyrB gene. CONCLUSIONS: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of C. kerstersii infection in animals (goat). Our findings support the possibility of C. kerstersii isolation from extraintestinal sites and suggest this organism as a possible cause of urinary tract infection.
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