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Virulent Epidemic Pneumonia in Sheep Caused by the Human Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii
6 Nov 2018
Abstract excerpt
The human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a frequent cause of hospital-acquired infections, but infection of animals has rarely been observed. Here we analyzed an outbreak of epidemic pneumonia killing hundreds of sheep on a farm in Pakistan and identified A. baumannii as the infecting agent. A pure culture of strain AbPK1 isolated from lungs of sick animals was inoculated into healthy sheep,...
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