A case report on disseminated Rhodococcus equi infection in a Japanese black heifer

Ryoko NAKAGAWA; Hiroaki MOKI; Kazuhide HAYASHI; Kaname OONIWA; Kyori TOKUYAMA; Tsutomu KAKUDA; Kazuki YOSHIOKA; Shinji TAKAI

doi:10.1292/jvms.18-0064

Bacteriology

A case report on disseminated Rhodococcus equi infection in a Japanese black heifer

Ryoko NAKAGAWA, Hiroaki MOKI, Kazuhide HAYASHI, Kaname OONIWA, Kyori TOKUYAMA, Tsutomu KAKUDA, Kazuki YOSHIOKA, Shinji TAKAI

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Ryoko NAKAGAWA
Yokkaichi City Health Center Food Sanitation Inspection Station, Yokkaichi, Mie 510-0064, Japan
Hiroaki MOKI
Yokkaichi City Health Center Food Sanitation Inspection Station, Yokkaichi, Mie 510-0064, Japan
Kazuhide HAYASHI
Yokkaichi City Health Center Food Sanitation Inspection Station, Yokkaichi, Mie 510-0064, Japan
Kaname OONIWA
Laboratory of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
Kyori TOKUYAMA
Laboratory of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
Tsutomu KAKUDA
Laboratory of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
Kazuki YOSHIOKA
Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan
Shinji TAKAI
Laboratory of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan

Keywords: cattle, Rhodococcus equi, VapN, virulence plasmid

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2018 Volume 80 Issue 5 Pages 819-822

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.18-0064

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Abstract

Rhodococcus equi was isolated from the granulomatous lesions of the lung, kidney, liver, and hepatic, mesenteric, and abomasum lymph nodes of a Japanese black heifer. R. equi isolates were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction for virulence-associated protein genes. The vapN gene was detected in all the isolates examined. This is the first report in which vapN-positive R. equi was isolated from cattle in Japan.

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