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Fatal necrotizing fasciitis and myositis in a captive common bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus) associated with Streptococcus agalactiae
(Tursiops truncatus) associated with Streptococcus agalactiae
Abstract.
A common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was presented for necropsy after acute onset
of gastrointestinal signs and cutaneous lesions that rapidly progressed to death. Gross and microscopic findings
were characterized by locally extensive severe necrohemorrhagic fasciitis and cellulitis, and severe necrotizing
myositis in the head and dorsocranial thorax, with numerous disseminated gram-positive cocci.
myositis in the head and dorsocranial thorax, with numerous disseminated gram-positive cocci.
Streptococcus
agalactiae
was isolated from the lesions and from visceral organs (liver and lung), and it was identified by
standard microbiology techniques. This communication is the first report of necrotizing fasciitis in a marine
mammal associated with
S. agalactiae.
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