Abstract
Photobacterium damselae subspecies damselae, an abundant, generalist marine pathogen, has been reported in various cetaceans worldwide. We report a bottlenose dolphin in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that was found stranded and dead. The dolphin had a severe case of chronic suppurative pneumonia and splenic lymphoid depletion caused by this pathogen.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 179-183 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2023 |
Keywords
- bacteria
- bottlenose dolphin
- eastern Mediterranean Sea
- Israel
- marine mammals
- Photobacterium damselae
- Photobacterium damselae subspecies damselae
- pneumonia
- stranded
- Tursiops truncatus
- zoonoses
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases