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Virulence of Rhodococcus equi Isolated from Cats and Dogs

2003; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 41; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.41.9.4468-4470.2003

ISSN

1098-660X

Autores

Shinji Takaı̈, Ronald J. Martens, A Hiscox Julian, Márcio Garcia Ribeiro, Marconi Rodrigues de Farias, Yukako Sasaki, Kazuho Inuzuka, Tsutomu Kakuda, Shiro Tsubaki, John F. Prescott,

Tópico(s)

Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Resumo

ABSTRACT Nine cat isolates and nine dog isolates of Rhodococcus equi from clinical material were investigated for the presence of the virulence-associated antigens (VapA and VapB) and virulence plasmids. Five of the cat isolates and one dog isolate were VapA positive and contained an 85-kb type I or an 87-kb type I plasmid. The remaining 12 isolates were avirulent R. equi strains and contained no virulence plasmids.

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