VapA-negative Rhodococcus equi in a dog with necrotizing pyogranulomatous hepatitis, osteomyelitis, and myositis

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-300

  Cantor, Glenn H ^a   Byrne, Barbara A ^a   Hines, Stephen A ^a   Richards III, H M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; MYOSITIS; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; LIVER; MYOSITIS; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0032112612     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879801000316     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Carman MG, Hodges RT: 1987, Distribution of Rhodococcus equi in animals, birds and from the environment. N Z Vet J 35: 114-115.
2. Gotoh K, Mitsuyam M, Imaizumi S, Kawamura I, Yano I: 1991, Mycolic acid-containing glycolipid as a possible virulence factor of Rhodococcus equi for mice. Microbiol Immunol 35:175-185.
3. Greene CE: 1990, Rhodococcus equi infection of cats. In: Infectious diseases of the dog and cat, ed. Greene CE, pp. 606-607. WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA.
4. Haites RE, Muscatello G, Begg AP, Browning GF: 1997, Prevalence of the virulence-associated gene of Rhodococcus equi in isolates from infected foals. J Clin Microbiol 35:1642-1644.
5. Jang SS, Lock A, Biberstein EL: 1975, A cat with Corynebacterium equi lymphadenitis clinically simulating lymphosarcoma. Cornell Vet 65:232-239.
6. Kanaly ST, Hines SA, Palmer GH: 1993, Failure of pulmonary clearance of Rhodococcus equi infection in CD4+ T-lymphocyte-deficient transgenic mice. Infect Immun 61:4929-4932.
7. Kanaly ST, Hines SA, Palmer GH: 1996, Transfer of a CD4+ Th1 cell line to nude mice effects clearance of Rhodococcus equi from the lung. Infect Immun 64:1126-1132.
8. Leitch RA, Richards JC: 1990, Structural analysis of the specific capsular polysaccharide of Rhodococcus equi serotype 1. Biochem Cell Biol 68:778-789.
9. Linder R: 1997, Rhodococcus equi and Arcanobacterium haemolyticum: two "coryneform" bacteria increasingly recognized as agents of human infection. Emerging Infect Dis 3:145-153.
10. Machang'u RS, Prescott JF: 1991, Purification and properties of cholesterol oxidase and choline phosphohydrolase from Rhodococcus equi. Can J Vet Res 55:332-340.
11. Prescott JF: 1981, Capsular serotypes of Corynebacterium equi. Can J Comp Med 45:130-134.
12. Prescott JF, Hoffman AM: 1993, Rhodococcus equi. Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract 9:375-384.
13. Takai S, Imai Y, Fukunaga N, et al.: 1995, Identification of virulence-associated antigens and plasmids in Rhodococcus equi from patients with AIDS. J Infect Dis 172:1306-1311.
14. Tan C, Prescott JF, Patterson MC, Nicholson VM: 1995, Molecular characterization of a lipid-modified virulence-associated protein of Rhodococcus equi and its potential in protective immunity. Can J Vet Res 59:51-59.
15. Tkachuk-Saad O, Prescott JF: 1991, Rhodococcus equi plasmids: isolation and partial characterization. J Clin Microbiol 29: 2696-2700.