Detection of hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae in camel (Camelus dromedarius) during an outbreak of acute respiratory tract infection Sharma S.K.*, Kataria A.K., Shringi B.N., Nathawat P., Bhati T., Mohammed N. Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Biotechnology, College of Veterinary & Animal Science, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, India *Email: drsharmask01@hotmail.com
Online published on 18 April, 2014. Abstract The present study was undertaken with an objective to identify hypermucoviscous (HMV) Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in camels (Camelus dromedarius) suffering from acute respiratory tract infection in an outbreak form. Of the 96 nasal swabs from affected and 67 from healthy camels, 47 and 18 isolates of K. pneumoniae, respectively were obtained. Only 25 (53.19%) isolates of K. pneumoniae from acute respiratory tract infected camels and none from healthy camels showed existence of virulent HMV phenotype. Seven (14.89%) of the HMV phenotypes were also positive for virulent K5 serotype. All studied isolates did not show presence of K1 (magA gene), K2 and rmpA genes. Top Keywords Acute respiratory tract infection, camel, hypermucoviscous phenotypes, Klebsiella pneumoniae. Top |