Subcutaneous abscess caused by Trueperella pyogenes in a Southern pudu (Pudu puda)

Sebastián Llanos-Soto; Paulina  González-Muñoz; Alexis Opazo-Capurro; Gerardo González-Rocha; Daniel González-Acuña

doi:10.4067/S0719-81322020000200067

Case report

Austral J. Vet. Sci.

Vol 52, 67-69 (2020)

DOI: 10.4067/S0719-81322020000200067

Subcutaneous abscess caused by Trueperella pyogenes in a Southern pudu (Pudu puda)

Sebastián Llanos-Soto ¹
Paulina González-Muñoz ²
Alexis Opazo-Capurro ³
Gerardo González-Rocha ^{4
*}
Daniel González-Acuña ⁵

¹ Laboratorio de Enfermedades y Parásitos de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile; Laboratorio de Vida Silvestre, Departamento de Ciencia Animal. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile.

² Laboratorio de Investigación en Agentes Antibacterianos, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile; Millennium Nucleus on Interdisciplinary Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance, Santiago, Chile; Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Químicas, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Concepción, Chile.

³ Laboratorio Clínico, Hospital Regional Dr. Leonardo Guzmán, Antofagasta, Chile

⁴ Laboratorio de Investigación en Agentes Antibacterianos, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile; Millennium Nucleus on Interdisciplinary Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance, Santiago, Chile.

⁵ Laboratorio de Enfermedades y Parásitos de Fauna Silvestre, Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, Chillán, Chile.

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Keywords: pudu abscess Truepurella pyogenes deer

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Submitted: 2019-09-23

Accepted: 2020-01-17

Published: 2020-05-01

^*Corresponding author:
ggonzal@udec.cl

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Llanos-Soto, S., González-Muñoz, P., Opazo-Capurro, A., González-Rocha, G., & González-Acuña, D. (2020). Subcutaneous abscess caused by Trueperella pyogenes in a Southern pudu (Pudu puda). Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 52(2), 67–69. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0719-81322020000200067

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Abstract

A case of an abscess on the head of a captive Southern pudu (Pudu puda) caused by Trueperella pyogenes is described. A diagnosis was done based on bacterial culture and MALDI-TOF MS identification. Traumatic inoculation of the bacterium in the subcutaneous tissue is speculated.

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