A. U. Vet. Fak. Derg. 31 (i): 28-30, 1984
CAiVll'YLOBACrER JE.JC:'\'1 E"TERırıs
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A CATSerdar Diker
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Bahattin Koç**
Bir Kedide Campylobacter jejuni Enteritisi
Özet: Sürgünlü bir kedinin rektum içereğinden saf olarak Campylo-bacter j~juni izole edildi. Aniden şiddetli ve mukoid bir is/zal gelişen kedi, kısa zamanda za.y?flayıp dehidre duruma girdi. izole edilen mikroorganizma, biyo-kimyasal testler ve tolerans testleri ile Campylobacter jejuni olarak ayrıldı ve farklı iki sistem ile biyotiplendirildi. Sürgünlii kedinin rektum içerilinden saf
olarak Camp}'lobacter jejımi'nin üretilmesi ve bilinen diğer enterit etkenleri )'önünden elde edilen olumsu::. bulgular, bu kedide ishal nedeninin
Campylo-bacter jejımi oldu,ğU/m gösterdi.
Summary: Campylobacter jejuni was isolated iıı pure culture from the rectal contmt of a dianhoeic cat. The cat had suddenly developed a moderate mucoid dianhoea, and rapidly became listless and a1lOrexic. The isolated orga-nism was identified by bioehemical and toleraııce tests. Isolated Campylobacter jejuni strain was also biot;'Ped by two different biotyping systems. Isolation of Camp'ylobacterj0uni in pure wlture and negativefindings for other known cau-ses of feline enteritis strong(r suggested that Camp],lobacterjejımi was the cause of the dianhoea iu this cat.
Camp}10bactel jejuni is frequcntly eneountercd as either a com-mcnsal or pathogcn in the intestinal tract of man)' marr:malian and avian speeies (4, G). In medial microbiology, these bacteria have att-ractecl mu ch interest during the past decade due to an inercasing f'req uency of isolation from human clinical specimcns (I2). G.j0uni
is now recognizcd as an important causal agcnt of human cnteritis
(2). There are several reports that C.jejuni ma)' cause diarrhoea in animals as well as humans (I, 5, 9). The organism has becn isolated from clogs and cats with diarrhoea (3, 8). Several artides have showıı
* Dr Ar.Gör.. Ankara Uni\' .• Veteriner Fakültesi, 1vlikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Ankara.
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that pets mayalsa be rcsponsible for the transfer of this organism to
human by contact (3, 6,8). This case report describes the isolation of
C.JeJuni from a diarrhoeic cat in Turkey.
A four-month old femak cat was brought to the clinic in a
mori-bu nd stage. The cat had suddenly developed a moderate mucoid
di-arı-hoca with same tenesmus and vomitus, and rapidly beeame listless
and anorexic. Rectal samples from this cat were cultured for Cjejulli
and other known enteric pathogens such as E.coli, Salmoneıla etc.
The diarrhoeic cat died one day after the collection of sample.
Rectal swab \-vas seeded directly onto Campylobacter Selective
Medium (10). This medim was incubated at 42°C in a microaerobic
atmasphere by using the Gas-Pak System (Oxoid) without a catalyst
for 72 hours. After incubatian period, pure camplobacter colonies
with typical morphology and grey-pink colour were obser\;ed on this
medium. Other cultures were negative for other known pathogens.
The criteria used to identify C.JeJuni were Gram reaction,
mic-roscopic morphology, motility, microaerophilic requirements, positive
catalase and oxidase tests, growth at 42cC but not at 25°C and
sen-sitivity to nalidixic acid. The organism identified asCjcjuni hydrolyzed
DNA and sodium hippurate, showed albline phospahatase <J.ctivity,
grew on charcoal ycast extract agar (CYEA), not produced hydrogen
sulphurc in iron medium and produced in conventional medium
without eysteine hydrochloridc.
The Cjejuni isolated in this case \Vas a strain of Biotype-l which
are the most comman causc of enteritis in humans (7). According to
Skirrow's biotyping system, isolated strain was placed in Biotypc-l
which had the most typical characteristics of Cjcjuni (ll).
The isolation of C.j~juni in pure culturc from the rectal content
of a diarrhoeic cat and negativc findings for other known causes of
feline enteritis strongly suggcsted that Cjejuni was the ca use of dirrhoea
in this cat. This ease indicates that campylobacteriosis should be
con-sidcrecl in the diffcrential diagnosis of f"eline diarrhoca. The sOUl'ce of
CjeJuııi and the route of infl'ction were not determincd in this case.
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