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DiphtheriaeCaseous lymphadenitisSpeciesUlceransAnaerobicInfectInfectionCoryneformJeikeiumAntibodiesInfectionsIsolatesYersiniaPhylogeneticUlcerativeGoatsVirulenceLymph nodeHumansSheepStrainProteusClinicalCitationRodsSporesTicks are foundToxinsCharacteristicsPathogensSoilResistanceCapacity to produceVeterinaryAgentSpecificProduceLevel
Diphtheriae8
  • Sing A , Hogardt M , Bierschenk S , Heesemann J . Detection of differences in the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of diphtheria toxin from Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans causing extrapharyngeal infections. (cdc.gov)
  • Sing A , Berger A , Schneider-Brachert W , Holzmann T , Reischl U . Rapid detection and molecular differentiation of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans strains by LightCycler PCR. (cdc.gov)
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae , the cause of diphtheria in humans. (wikidoc.org)
  • The genus contains the species Corynebacterium diphtheriae and the nondiphtherial corynebacteria, collectively referred to as diphtheroids. (medscape.com)
  • In some endemic locations, such as India, 44% of throat and nasal swabs tested positive for C diphtheriae and Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum . (medscape.com)
  • Respiratory diphtheria is a serious infection caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and disease transmission mainly occurs through respiratory droplets. (cdc.gov)
  • Here we utilized whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to characterize recovered isolates of C. diphtheriae and two co-circulating non-diphtheritic Corynebacterium (NDC) species - C. pseudodiphtheriticum and C. propinquum. (cdc.gov)
  • From the nasopharynx of a 5-year-old child it was excreted amicroorganism which is identical to Corynebacterium diphtheriae dose according to morphological and biochemical signs.Microorganism does not produce exotoxin. (eneutron.info)
Caseous lymphadenitis4
Species15
  • citation needed] It was finally renamed Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in 1948, to reflect that the clinical disease signs were similar to disease caused by M. tuberculosis species. (wikipedia.org)
  • Bayesian analysis of house-keeping loci distinguished the bacteria to a species level. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Some nondiphtheria species of Corynebacterium produce disease in specific animal species, and some of these are also human pathogens . (wikidoc.org)
  • Some species of Corynebacterium have sequenced genomes that range in size from 2.5 - 3 Mbp. (wikidoc.org)
  • Species of Corynebacterium have been used in the mass production of various amino acids including L-Glutamic Acid , a popular food additive that is made at a rate of 1.5 million tons/ year by Corynebacterium. (wikidoc.org)
  • Auwaerter, Paul G. "Corynebacterium Species. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Pediatrics Central , peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540637/3.0/Corynebacterium_species. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • This organism is the best known and most widely studied species of the genus. (up.ac.za)
  • Of 18 known species, Yersinia (Y.) enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis cause disease in humans. (hygiene-in-practice.de)
  • The species Y. pseudotuberculosis generally occurs only in 0.5 to 1 percent of cases worldwide. (hygiene-in-practice.de)
  • Both Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis are zoonoses (diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa), where the main reservoir is found in animal species such as pigs and cattle, but also goats or dogs. (hygiene-in-practice.de)
  • The phages exhibited relatively wide host ranges among Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and related species. (mdpi.com)
  • In general the agents implicated in etiology of respiratory syndrome include a wide spectra of viruses such as PI 3, Adeno and Reo viruses, bacterial species such as Hemophilus, Bordetella, Pasteurella, Corynebacterium, Mycoplasma and Chlamydia along with a chain of predisposing factors mainly the environmental and managemental fluctuations. (cswri.res.in)
  • Like other members of the genus Vibrio, this species is motile, with a single, polar flagellum. (datapunk.net)
  • Human granulocytic anaplasmosis ( HGA ) is a tick-borne , infectious disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum , an obligate intracellular bacterium that is typically transmitted to humans by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus species complex, including Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus in North America. (mdwiki.org)
Ulcerans2
  • Contzen M , Sting R , Blazey B , Rau J . Corynebacterium ulcerans from diseased wild boars. (cdc.gov)
  • Rau J , Blazey B , Contzen M , Sting R . Corynebacterium ulcerans infection in roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ). (cdc.gov)
Anaerobic4
  • This bacterium is a facultative anaerobic organism that is catalase-positive and capable of beta-hemolysis. (wikipedia.org)
  • This bacterium is grown at 37 °C under aerobic or anaerobic conditions, thus C. pseudotuberculosis is a facultative anaerobe. (wikipedia.org)
  • Corynebacterium is a genus of Gram-positive , facultatively anaerobic , non- motile , rod-shaped actinobacteria . (wikidoc.org)
  • These opportunistic anaerobic bacteria may also cause bed sores, pressure sores, aspiration pneumonia, chronic otitis media (ear infection), chronic sinusitis, and osteomyelitis (bone infection). (microgeninc.com)
Infect2
  • Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-positive bacterium known globally to infect ruminants, horses, and rarely people. (wikipedia.org)
  • The bacteria infect white blood cells called neutrophils , causing changes in gene expression that prolong the life of these otherwise short-lived cells. (mdwiki.org)
Infection7
  • A disease known as ulcerative lymphagenitis can also result from infection with C. pseudotuberculosis in the distal limbs of horses. (wikipedia.org)
  • Infection with this bacterium is often confirmed by bacterial culture of the purulent exudate. (wikipedia.org)
  • Infection of domesticated sheep and goats has been found across the globe. (wikipedia.org)
  • and urinary tract infections and mastitis (affecting milk production) in cattle due to infection with Corynebacterium renale , Corynebacterium cystidis , Corynebacterium pilosum , and Corynebacterium bovis . (medscape.com)
  • In the course of infection, the bacteria invade and colonize tissues of the upper respiratory tract, proliferate and produce exotoxin that inhibits protein synthesis and causes local lesions and systemic degenerative changes in the heart, muscles, peripheral nerves, liver and other vital organs. (up.ac.za)
  • Refrigerating meat is not sufficient to contain spreading of the bacteria and the associated risk of infection, as they can multiply even at low temperatures of four degrees Celsius. (hygiene-in-practice.de)
  • While infection can occur by the fecal-oral route, ingestion of bacteria in raw or undercooked seafood, usually oysters, is the predominant cause the acute gastroenteritis caused by V. parahaemolyticus. (datapunk.net)
Coryneform3
  • Clinical microbiology of coryneform bacteria. (cdc.gov)
  • Approximately 30 years ago, taxonomic changes were made to diverse genera previously included within the coryneform groups. (medscape.com)
  • As a term, "coryneform ("club-shaped") bacteria" is sometimes used to denote a wide range of Gram-positive rods based on staining characteristics and DNA content (specific G/C ratios). (unboundmedicine.com)
Jeikeium1
Antibodies1
  • During 1985-88, in sheep and goats, 7.01% of the animals were found positive for BTV antibodies on AGPT. (cswri.res.in)
Infections2
  • This is why, in case of major outbreaks, human and veterinary medicine must work jointly to examine infections and find the origin of contamination as soon as possible. (hygiene-in-practice.de)
  • certain localized infections Note: Categories for "late effects" of infectious and parasitic diseases are to be found at 137. (cdc.gov)
Isolates1
  • it was found to be more similar to the equine Cp 1/06-A isolate which is the most diverged of the Cp isolates. (gla.ac.uk)
Yersinia2
Phylogenetic2
  • Phylogenetic analyses of the Corynebacterium genus were performed using house-keeping loci but also secreted protein loci from Cp 3/99-5. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Pascual C , Lawson PA , Farrow JA , Gimenez MN , Collins MD . Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Corynebacterium based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. (cdc.gov)
Ulcerative1
  • citation needed] C. pseudotuberculosis also causes disease in horses, and should be considered prevalent in areas where cases of "pigeon fever" and "ulcerative lymphadenitis" have been recorded. (wikipedia.org)
Goats1
  • The management system also found to affect the sero-prevalence of BTD and it was higher in migratory flocks (63.29% in sheep to 84.84% in goats) compared to stationary flocks (35.03% in sheep to 72.88% in goats). (cswri.res.in)
Virulence2
  • This bacterium uses the virulence factors phospholipase D and mycolic acid to damage eukaryotic cell walls and resist phagocytic lysosomal degradation, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aside from the T3SS, two genes encoding well-characterized virulence proteins are typically found on the PAI, the thermostable direct hemolysin gene (tdh) and/or the tdh-related hemolysin gene (trh). (datapunk.net)
Lymph node1
  • The first isolation of C. pseudotuberculosis came from a cow lymph node in 1888, by French bacteriologist Edmond Nocard. (wikipedia.org)
Humans2
  • General Information: They may be found as members of the normal microflora of humans, where these bacteria find a suitable niche in virtually every anatomic site. (up.ac.za)
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a curved, rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterium found in brackish saltwater, which, when ingested, causes gastrointestinal illness in humans. (datapunk.net)
Sheep2
  • citation needed] Shortly after, it was sampled from abscesses in a sheep by Hugo von Preisz [hu], and the bacterium was named the "Preisz-Nocard" bacillus until further work by German microbiologists in the mid-1900s, when it was recategorized into the Corynebacterium genus. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Although few recent studies have been conducted into its prevalence, data from slaughterhouses in Australia in the late 1980s suggested that C. pseudotuberculosis was affecting 50-60% of sheep. (wikipedia.org)
Strain1
  • Specifically, C. pseudotuberculosis is intrinsically resistant to streptomycin, with varying resistance to penicillin and neomycin depending on the strain. (wikipedia.org)
Proteus1
Clinical1
  • This bacterium is of relatively low clinical significance, but is used frequently to test water filters due to its very small size. (microgeninc.com)
Citation1
  • citation needed] C. pseudotuberculosis can survive in soil for up to 8 months and contaminate bedding and indoor handling facilities for several weeks. (wikipedia.org)
Rods1
  • C. pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-positive bacterium that can be either coccoid or filamentous rods, which can be organized into palisades. (wikipedia.org)
Spores1
  • The spores of B. cereus bacteria commonly contaminate raw foods and food materials, particularly foods that have been in contact with soil. (microgeninc.com)
Ticks are found1
  • These ticks are found in the US, Europe, and Asia. (mdwiki.org)
Toxins2
  • In the cases of botulism, diphtheria and tetanus, the main objective of immunotherapy is to neutralize toxins, but also to opsonize the bacteria, promoting complement-dependent bacteriolysis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Consumption of foods contaminated with B. cereus may result in disease either by the consumption of pre-formed toxin or by toxins produced by these bacteria in during growth the gut. (microgeninc.com)
Characteristics1
  • Other characteristics of this bacterium include being nonsporulating, noncapsulated, and possessing fimbrae, but it is immobile. (wikipedia.org)
Pathogens1
  • The Special Bacteriology unit offers reference services and research of a wide variety of bacteria considered as rare, difficult to identity, novel human pathogens, or those not previously linked to human disease. (canada.ca)
Soil1
  • They can be found in many environments including soil, trees and skin. (wikidoc.org)
Resistance1
Capacity to produce1
  • When DNA of the phage integrates into the host bacteria's genetic material, the bacteria develop the capacity to produce this polypeptide toxin. (medscape.com)
Veterinary1
  • Enter search terms to find related veterinary topics, multimedia and more. (msdvetmanual.com)
Agent1
  • This bacterium infects the airway, and is closely related to the causative agent of whooping cough, Bordetella pertussis. (microgeninc.com)
Specific1
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Produce1
Level1
  • Defect with dysfunction of antigen-presentation to the immunocompetent cells was found during investigation on the molecule level. (eneutron.info)