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

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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
Hiroaki MOKI
Yokkaichi City Health Center Food Sanitation Inspection Station
Kazuhide HAYASHI
Yokkaichi City Health Center Food Sanitation Inspection Station
Kaname OONIWA
Laboratory of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University
Kyori TOKUYAMA
Laboratory of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University
Tsutomu KAKUDA
Laboratory of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University
Kazuki YOSHIOKA
Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University
Shinji TAKAI
Laboratory of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University

Keywords: cattle, Rhodococcus equi, VapN, virulence plasmid

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Article ID: 18-0064

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

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 80 (2018), No. 5 pp. 819-822

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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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