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Streptococcus pyogenes pneumonia in rabbits
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DVM Costin Stoica
A "German giant" rabbits breeder reported occasionally deads without significant clinical signs. He brougt
a dead female for investigations.

Necropsy revealed fibrinous and haemorrhagic pneumonia with 2-3 mm, haemorrhagic spots on the left
lung and large fibrin deposits on the right lung.
API 20 Strep biochemical tests:
Alkaline phosphatase, leucine aminopeptidase,
acidification of lactose, trehalose, raffinose, and starch
were positive.
Voges-Proskauer test, hyppurate hydrolysis, esculin
hydrolysis (beta-glucosidase), pyrolidonyl arylamidase,
alpha-galactosidase, beta-galactosidase,
beta-glucuronidase, arginine dihydrolase, acidification of:
arabinose, ribose, mannitol, sorbitol, inulin, and glycogen
were negative.
ABIS online software result was Streptococcus pyogenes 83% (with a question mark on the negative pyrolidonyl arylamidase,
arginine dihydrolase and acidification of raffinose).

Streptoccus strain was sensible to Penicillin, Phosphomycin, Doxycycline, Lincomycin+Spectinomycin, Oxitetracycline, Florfenicol,
Amoxicillin, intermediate to Erithromycin and resistant to Gentamycin, Colistin sulphate and Sulphamethoxazole+Trimethoprim.
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PROKARYOTAE
A Streptococcus pyogenes strain has been isolated from the right lung. Bacteriological exam from liver,
heart and bone marrow was negative.

Morphological and biochemical properties of the strain:
Gram-positive cocci, grouped in long chains.
After 24 h incubation at 37 ºC, on 5% sheep blood agar colonies were pinpoint,  <1 mm in diameter,
beta-hemolytic. No growth on MacConkey agar. Low turbidity and thin deposit in nutrient broth. Aerobic and
anaerobic growth. Catalase negative. Oxidase positive.
Streptococcus pyogenes
Lung petechiae
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