Morganella Morganii Infection in Hirudo Medicinalis (Iran): A Case Report

Overview

Journal Vet Sci

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2022 Oct 26

PMID 36288175

Authors

Hooman Rahmati Holasoo

Iradj Ashrafi Tamai

Wolfram Manuel Bruck

Babak Pakbin

Alireza Nasiri

Amirparsa Azizi

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Abstract

Medicinal leeches () are used in surgical and non-surgical manners. is an opportunistic and zoonotic pathogenic bacterium causing serious clinical complications. In this study, we isolated, discovered and characterized -infected . We detected and identified in all inflamed and swollen samples. The 16S rRNA sequence of the isolates confirmed all strains of . All strains were sensitive to Ceftriaxone, Ceftiofur, Danofloxacin, Ciprofloxacin, Enrofloxacin, Oxytetracycline, and Meropenem and were resistant to Erythromycin, Amoxicillin, Ampicillin, Cefazolin, Colistin, Penicillin G, and Lincomycin. This pathogenic bacterium is a zoonotic pathogen, and monitoring the prevalence rate of this bacteria is strongly necessary for leeches used in human medical treatment and care. Finally, all infected leeches were treated successfully in this case report study.

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