First Report of Septicaemic Listeriosis in a Loggerhead Sea Turtle ( Caretta caretta ) Stranded along the Adriatic Coast: Strain Detection and Sequencing.
Ludovica Di RenzoMaria Elisabetta De AngelisMarina TorresiValeria Di LolloGiovanni Di TeodoroDaniela AveraimoSabrina Vanessa Patrizia DefournyFederica Di GiacintoChiara ProficoVincenzo OlivieriFrancesco PomilioCesare CammaNicola FerriGabriella Di FrancescoPublished in: Animals : an open access journal from MDPI (2022)
Although there are increasing reports on the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in wild species, this is the first case of listeriosis in sea turtle. An adult female Caretta caretta was rescued after being stranded alive along the coast of the Abruzzo region (Italy) in summer 2021. The turtle died in 6 days due to respiratory failure. The necropsy showed widespread organ lesions, such as yellow foci of necrosis in many organs, gastrointestinal erosions, pericarditis, and granulomatous pneumonia. Microbiological and histological analyses were performed on several organs. Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from multiple organs, indicating a case of septicaemic listeriosis, and the genome was sequenced and characterized. All the colonies analysed belonged to the same strain serogroup IVb, ST388, and CC388.
Keyphrases
- listeria monocytogenes
- respiratory failure
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- mechanical ventilation
- binding protein
- single cell
- interstitial lung disease
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- emergency department
- heat stress
- intensive care unit
- nucleic acid
- gene expression
- systemic sclerosis
- dna methylation
- rheumatoid arthritis
- label free