# The Brief Case: Pneumonia in a Boa constrictor occidentalis with inclusion body disease caused by multidrug-resistant VIM-type metallo-β-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa

**Authors:** Anthony Broering Ferreira, Ricardo Antonio Pilegi Sfaciotte, Lara Duque Estrada Meyer Fagundes, Heloíse Peterle, Roberta Farias Veiga, Sally Vieira, Rafael Kretzer Carneiro, Ubirajara Maciel da Costa, Sandra Maria Ferraz

PMC · DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01345-25 · 2026-03-11

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** carbapenemase [NCBI Gene 14678525], beta-lactamase [NCBI Gene 4290808], VIM (vimentin) [NCBI Gene 7431]
- **Diseases:** infection (MESH:D007239), Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection (MESH:D011552), death (MESH:D003643), fungal (MESH:D009181), sepsis (MESH:D018805), Bacterial infections (MESH:D001424), opportunistic infections (MESH:D009894), dyspnea (MESH:D004417), BIBD (MESH:D020191), respiratory infections (MESH:D012141), Pneumonia (MESH:D011014), Bacterial pneumonia (MESH:D018410)
- **Chemicals:** urea (MESH:D014508), amikacin (MESH:D000583), CTX-M (-), malonate (MESH:C030290), aztreonam (MESH:D001398), acetylcysteine (MESH:D000111), beta-lactam (MESH:D047090), esculin (MESH:D004929), indole (MESH:C030374), glucose (MESH:D005947), Clavulanic acid (MESH:D019818), citrate (MESH:D019343), Oxacillin (MESH:D010068), imipenem (MESH:D015378), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (MESH:D015662), sulfonamides (MESH:D013449), EDTA (MESH:D004492), lactose (MESH:D007785), ciprofloxacin (MESH:D002939), enrofloxacin (MESH:D000077422), zinc (MESH:D015032), aminoglycosides (MESH:D000617), meropenem (MESH:D000077731), cefepime (MESH:D000077723), ceftazidime (MESH:D002442), carbapenem (MESH:D015780)
- **Species:** Boa occidentalis (species) [taxon 499170], Bacteria Latreille et al. 1825 (Bacteria stick insect, genus) [taxon 629395], Staphylococcus (genus) [taxon 1279], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Felis catus (cat, species) [taxon 9685], Streptococcus (genus) [taxon 1301], Acinetobacter baumannii (species) [taxon 470], Pseudomonas aeruginosa (species) [taxon 287], Canis lupus familiaris (dog, subspecies) [taxon 9615], Serpentes (snakes, infraorder) [taxon 8570], Proteus (genus) [taxon 210425], Salmonella (genus) [taxon 590], Klebsiella (genus) [taxon 570], Enterococcus (genus) [taxon 1350], Aeromonas (genus) [taxon 642], Python (genus) [taxon 37579], Boa constrictor (boa, species) [taxon 8574]

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