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Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from a Chronic Pus  Sample in a German Shepherd Dog: A Case Report

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Rinmuanpuii Ralte — Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar-143001, Punjab, India.
Pallvi Slathia — Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar-143001, Punjab, India
Vipan Kumar — Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar-143001, Punjab, India
Nitasha Sambyal — Department of Veterinary Public Health, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar-143001, Punjab, India
Padmanath Dwivedi — Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar-143001, Punjab, India
Published 23 Apr 2026 Vol. 22 No. 3 (2026), pp. 179-182 ● Open access
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Abstract

Leclercia adecarboxylata  is a peritrichous, motile, Gram negative, facultative anaerobic bacterium belonging  to the Enterobacteriaceae family. It was initially classified  as Escherichia adecarboxylata by Leclerc, H. in 1962 before  being reclassified into the Leclercia genus based on phenotypic  and genotypic analyses (Anuradha, 2014). Originally isolated  and identified in water, foods, and environment as also from  clinical specimens including blood, stool, sputum, urine, and  wound pus,   L. adecarboxylata  is increasingly recognized  as a rare opportunistic pathogen in humans and animals  primarily affecting immunocompromised patients and has  been associated with a variety of chronic infections and  inflammations including wound, urinary tract, soft tissue,  peritonitis, post-traumatic polymicrobial infection, and  bloodstream infections (Choudhary et al., 2018; Keyes et al., 2020; Zayet et al., 2021). 

 

KeywordsESBL Antimicrobial ResistanceLeclercia adecarboxylata chronic pyogenic infectiondog

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