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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 1999, p. 2378-2380, Vol. 37, No. 7
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Chlamydia pneumoniae in a Free-Ranging Giant Barred Frog (Mixophyes iteratus) from Australia

Lee Berger,1 Kym Volp,2 Sarah Mathews,2 Rick Speare,3 and Peter Timms2,*

CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria,1 School of Life Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane,2 and Department of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville,3 Queensland, Australia

Received 4 March 1999/Accepted 5 April 1999

The koala biovar of Chlamydia pneumoniae was identified in lung tissue from a sick, free-ranging giant barred frog (Mixophyes iteratus) by using electron microscopy, C. pneumoniae-specific fluorescent-antibody staining, cell culture, and sequencing of the ompA, ompB and 16S rRNA genes. This is the first report of a chlamydial strain infecting both a homeotherm and a poikilotherm and only the fourth host (in addition to humans, koalas, and horses) to be naturally infected with this species of Chlamydia. The frog had severe, chronic, mononuclear pneumonia and nonregenerative anemia and pancytopenia.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: School of Life Sciences, Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Australia 4001. Phone: (61) 7 386 42120. Fax: (61) 7 38641534. E-mail: p.timms{at}qut.edu.au

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 1999, p. 2378-2380, Vol. 37, No. 7
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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