| pyelonephritis associated with staphylococcus intermedius in a siberian tiger (panthera tigris altaica). | pyelonephritis, in which staphylococcus intermedius was isolated, was diagnosed in a 4-year-old female siberian tiger (panthera tigris altaica). at necropsy, the renal pelvis was dilated with a large amount of purulent exudates. microscopically, the lesions of renal pelvis and medulla consisted of necrotic foci intermingled primarily with numerous degenerative neutrophils and a few lymphocytes, plasma cells and macrophages. bacteriology showed the presence of s. intermedius. this is the first re ... | 2007 | 17827895 |