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Isolation and Characterization of Morganella morganii from Asian Water Monitor Varanus salvator  

Shin, Sang-Phil (Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Kim, Ji-Hyung (Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Gomez, Dennis K. (Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Choresca Jr., Casiano H. (Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Han, Jee-Eun (Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Park, Se-Chang (Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.26, no.4, 2009 , pp. 391-394 More about this Journal
Abstract
An Asian water monitor Varanus salvator with physical wound due to bite which was subsequently infected with bacterium resulting to hemorrhage and pus in the skin blisters, abdominal distention and septicemia. Morganella morganii was isolated and identified from the blood and kidney of the reptile, and confirmed by PCR and biochemical tests. The sensitivity of isolated strains to different groups of antibiotics was also evaluated using the disc diffusion method. Pathogenicity test using M. morganii (SNUFPC-MM01) (1.6 ${\times}$ $10^{11}$CFU/mouse) to suckling and adult mice resulted to the death of all mice. This paper describes the first isolation of M. morganii from Asian water monitor in Korea.
Keywords
Morganella morganii; Asian water monitor; antibiotics; pathogenicity test;
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