Successful treatment of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in an adult horse

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 436-438

  Morresey, P R ^a   Waldridge, B M ^a  

^a ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 77649164415     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0472.x     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Jacks SS, Giguere S, Nguyen A. In vitro susceptibilities of Rhodococcus equi and other common equine pathogens to azithromycin, clarithromycin, and 20 other antimicrobials. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003;47:1742-1745.
2. Womble A, Giguere S, Lee EA. Pharmacokinetics of oral doxycycline and concentrations in body fluids and bronchoalveolar cells of foals. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 2007;30:187-193.
3. Bryant JE, Brown MP, Gronwall RR, et al. Study of intragastric administration of doxycycline: Pharmacokinetics including body fluid, endometrial and minimum inhibitory concentrations. Equine Vet J 2000;32:233-238.
4. Davis JL, Salmon JH, Papich MG. Pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of doxycycline after oral administration of single and multiple doses in horses. Am J Vet Res 2006;67: 310-316.
5. Flaminio MJ, Tallmadge RL, Salles-Gomes CO, et al. Common variable immunodeficiency in horses is characterized by B cell depletion in primary and secondary lymphoid tissues. J Clin Immunol 2009;29:107-116.
6. Freestone JF, Hietala S, Moulton J, et al. Acquired immunodeficiency in a seven-year-old horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1987;190:689-691.
7. Verdonck F, Deprez P, Decostere A, et al. B and T cell suppression in an Arabian horse with Rhodococcus equi infection. Vet Rec 2004;154:149-150.
8. Allen VD, Niec A, Kerem E, et al. Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in a child with leukemia. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1989;8:656-658.
9. Marsh JC, von GA. Recurrent Corynebacterium equi infection with lymphoma. Cancer 1973;32:147-149.
10. Arlotti M, Zoboli G, Moscatelli GL, et al. Rhodococcus equi infection in HIV-positive subjects: A retrospective analysis of 24 cases. Scand J Infect Dis 1996;28:463-467.
11. Drancourt M, Bonnet E, Gallais H, et al. Rhodococcus equi infection in patients with AIDS. J Infect 1992;24:123-131.
12. Hines MT, Paasch KM, Alperin DC, et al. Immunity to Rhodococcus equi: Antigen-specific recall responses in the lungs of adult horses. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2001;79:101-114.
13. Ozgur NY, Ikiz S, Bagcigil F, et al. Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in a mare in Turkey. Vet Rec 2002;151:613.
14. Genetzky RM, Bettcher MP, Arp LH, et al. Corynebacterium equi infection in a mare. Mod Vet Pract 1982;43:706-708.
15. Roberts MC, Hodgson DR, Kelly WR. Corynebacterium equi infection in an adult horse. Aust Vet J 1980;56:96-97.
16. Waldridge BM, Morresey PR, Loynachan AT, et al. Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in an adult horse. Equine Vet Educ 2008;20:67-71.
17. Zink MC, Yager JA, Smart NL. Corynebacterium equi infections in horses, 1958-1984: A review of 131 cases. Can Vet J 1986;27:213-217.
18. Vengust M, Staempfli H, Prescott JF. Rhodococcus equi pleuropneumonia in an adult horse. Can Vet J 2002;43:706-708.
19. Harvey RL, Sunstrum JC. Rhodococcus equi infection in patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection. Rev Infect Dis 1991;13:139-145.