A dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima stranded alive along the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. The whale, handled by tourists and local inhabitants, was weak, had buoyancy difficulties, and eventually aborted and died, showing severe necrotizing placentitis and other pathological signs. Both the mother and the fetus had antibodies against Brucella lipopolysaccharide. Brucella organisms were isolated from various tissues of both animals and were characterized. The bacterium genome corresponded to sequence-type 27 (ST27) and clustered together with other Brucella ST27 isolated in humans and cetaceans.

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布鲁氏菌属 与侏儒抹香鲸 Kogia sima 流产相关的序列类型 27

一头侏儒抹香鲸Kogia sima在哥斯达黎加中部太平洋沿岸活着搁浅。由游客和当地居民处理的鲸鱼身体虚弱，浮力困难，最终流产死亡，出现严重的坏死性胎盘炎等病理症状。母亲和胎儿都具有抗布鲁氏菌脂多糖的抗体。从两种动物的各种组织中分离出布鲁氏菌并对其进行表征。细菌基因组对应于序列类型 27 (ST27)，并与在人类和鲸类动物中分离的其他布鲁氏菌ST27聚集在一起。