• A set of bacterial pathogens have been identified in central nervous infections in livestock and companion animals, although the most of descriptions are restricted to case reports and a lack of comprehensive studies involving CNS-related bacterial infections have been focused on a great number of domestic species. (bvsalud.org)
  • Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a facultative intracellular pathogen that belongs to the so-called CMN ( Corynebacterium-Mycobacterium-Nocardia ) group, a distinct subgroup of the Actinobacteria that also includes other highly important bacterial pathogens, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis . (biomedcentral.com)
  • Once a horse becomes infected with C. pseudotuberculosis, the bacteria release a toxin that ultimately spurs the body to build a thick-walled abscess around the pathogens. (equusmagazine.com)
  • Identification of acid-fast bacterial pathogens by acid fast stain / differential stain. (tamu.edu)
  • These pathogens are the third most common cause of bacterial intestinal diseases in Germany after salmonella and campylobacter. (hygiene-in-practice.de)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • This bacterial species has caused occasional cases of infection in people who work closely with infected small ruminants, resulting in similar swellings of the lymph nodes in the neck and groin. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Corynebacterium species C. diphtheriae , C. ulcerans , and C. pseudotuberculosis form the C. diphtheriae group, as shown by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • C. ulcerans is a zoonotic pathogen and has been found in various animal species that have contact with humans ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • C. ulcerans is most closely related to C. pseudotuberculosis , and distinction between these species is often difficult when using standard bacteriological methods ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The genus contains the species Corynebacterium diphtheriae and the nondiphtherial corynebacteria, collectively referred to as diphtheroids. (medscape.com)
  • Ruminants-such as sheep, goats, and cattle-can also become infected with these bacteria, although cross-species transmission is rare and usually only occurs between horses and cattle because they can carry the same strain. (eliteequineks.com)
  • New technologies, such as matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry enable rapid and precise identification of bacterial species [ 6 ], and highly sensitive techniques such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can help exclude a role for viruses, mycoplasma, and chlamydia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Interestingly, we found that HmuY is similar to proteins encoded in several different species belonging to the Bacteroidetes phylum, which consists of three classes: Bacteroidetes, Flavobacteria, and Sphingobacteria [23]. (erksignal.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)
  • Erythrasma is a superficial skin disease caused by Gram-positive Corynebacterium species. (symptoma.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Pigeon Fever is the common term for an infection caused by the bacterial organism Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (also referred to as Dryland Distemper). (eliteequineks.com)
  • It is most commonly a bacterial infection, although bacterial culture may be negative. (wikipedia.org)
  • Once found mainly in California, this bacterial infection has now been documented in 25 states across the country. (equusmagazine.com)
  • Young infants aged 0-59days with signs of possible serious bacterial infection (pSBI) and age-matched controls provided blood and respiratory specimens that were analysed by blood culture and real-time PCR. (cdc.gov)
  • The collected risk factors from all mother-child pairs were classified and analysed against the PLCM using bivariate and stepwise logistic multivariable regression modelling to determine risk factors of probable bacterial infection. (cdc.gov)
  • 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)
  • In goat kids it may be Navel infection arthritis caused by corynebacterium pyogensis, streptoceoci, staphylococci, while non-superative arthritis is by birth, caused due to deficiency of vitamins and minerals. (health-articles.net)
  • 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)
  • Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles which results in an abscess . (mdwiki.org)
  • In some endemic locations, such as India, 44% of throat and nasal swabs tested positive for C diphtheriae and Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum . (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Among animals with bacterial isolation, Staphylococcus aureus (6/34 = 17.6%), Escherichia coli (5/34 = 14.7%), Staphylococcus beta-hemolytic (5/34 = 14.7%), and Trueperella pyogenes (3/34 = 8.8%) were predominant, in addition to a miscellaneous of other bacteria isolated in minor frequency, e.g. (bvsalud.org)
  • Well-recognized and common causes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults include bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae , and Staphylococcus aureus , and viruses such as influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus, and parainfluenza virus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We found pathogenic bacteria in following frequency: 18.7% Staphylococcus aureus , 12.1 % C macginleyi, 10.3% Streptococcus pneumoniae, 8.4% Haemophilus influenzae. (symptoma.com)
  • We describe a patient who developed Corynebacterium striatum native valve endocarditis after receiving two 6-week courses of daptomycin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and osteomyelitis. (symptoma.com)
  • Axial T1 weighted fat suppressed post IV gadolinium contrast enhanced MRI image showing a mutliloculated bacterial abscess in the left gluteal muscle which grew Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin sensitive) thought to be due to tropical pyomyositis. (mdwiki.org)
  • Pyomyositis is most often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus . (mdwiki.org)
  • This bacterium uses the virulence factors phospholipase D and mycolic acid to damage eukaryotic cell walls and resist phagocytic lysosomal degradation, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • Comparative analyses of the exoproteomes of two C. pseudotuberculosis strains, in addition to comparison with other experimentally determined corynebacterial exoproteomes, were helpful to gain novel insights into the contribution of the exported proteins in the virulence of this bacterium. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In fact, one might expect that the majority of the virulence determinants of C. pseudotuberculosis would be present in the exoproteome, i.e . the entire set of bacterial proteins found in the extracellular milieu [ 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Bacterial exported proteins represent key components of the host-pathogen interplay. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Also, multidrug resistance to ≥ 3 classes of antimicrobials was found in 23.5% (8/34) strains. (bvsalud.org)
  • Strains of C. ulcerans were isolated during routine bacteriological investigations in conjunction with necropsies of wild animals that were found dead or that had suspicious lesions during 1997-2013. (cdc.gov)
  • Botulism is an acute severe neuroparalytic disease caused by bacterial exotoxins produced by distinct strains of Clostridium , mainly Clostridium botulinum . (biomedcentral.com)
  • 44 proteins were commonly identified in two different strains, isolated from distinct hosts, then composing a core C. pseudotuberculosis exoproteome. (biomedcentral.com)
  • OBJECTIVE: Risk factors predisposing infants to community-acquired bacterial infections during the first 2months of life are poorly understood in South Asia. (cdc.gov)
  • certain localized infections Note: Categories for "late effects" of infectious and parasitic diseases are to be found at 137. (cdc.gov)
  • This category will also be used in primary coding to classify bacterial infections of unspecified nature or site. (cdc.gov)
  • causes bacterial meningitis, fulminating septicaemia, pulmonary and ophthalmic infections, chronic synovitis (joint pain/inflammation), skin diseases, wound infections and postoperative urinary tract infections. (microgeninc.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Although prevalence of CL varies by region and country, it is found worldwide and is of major concern for small ruminant producers in North America. (msdvetmanual.com)
  • 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)
  • This article provides an overview of the most important human pathogenic bacteria. (amboss.com)
  • The following table provides an overview of the nomenclature of important human pathogenic bacteria, according to their form and Gram staining properties. (amboss.com)
  • In general, this bacterium causes lesions of the skin, lymph nodes, and internal organs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Culture of active lesions for Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is diagnostically definitive. (msdvetmanual.com)
  • Once established on a farm or region (endemic), it is primarily maintained by contamination of the environment with active draining lesions, animals with the internal form of the disease that contaminate the environment through nasal discharge or coughing, the ability of the bacteria to survive harsh environmental conditions, and lack of strict biosecurity necessary to reduce the number and prevent introduction of new cases. (msdvetmanual.com)
  • 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] Major bacterial spread occurs when superficial abscesses are broken open and release discharge that is then contacted by other animals during grooming, or contaminates feed, water, and bedding that other animals consume. (wikipedia.org)
  • C. pseudotuberculosis bacteria tend to localize and form abscesses in the pectoral region and ventral abdomen of the horse. (eliteequineks.com)
  • Some horses have developed lung abscesses after inhaling a concentration of bacterial organisms. (eliteequineks.com)
  • Your veterinarian can also ultrasound the abscesses and find the best place to drain them. (eliteequineks.com)
  • Affected horses should be isolated because drainage from their abscesses contains a high amount of bacteria that will contaminate the environment. (eliteequineks.com)
  • Throughout the cortex, there are multiple abscesses containing abundant colonies of bacteria that often involve glomeruli (arrow). (avma.org)
  • Internal abscesses can develop when the bacteria are carried into the body and infect the liver, kidney, lungs or other internal organs. (equusmagazine.com)
  • CT scan can confirm the diagnosis before abscesses occur with enlargement of the involved muscles and hypodensity when abscess is present, terogenous attenuation and fluid collection with rim enhancement can be found. (mdwiki.org)
  • Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis has been cultured from some cases (particularly of ulcerative lymphangitis, but in others, a bacterial culture is negative. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • [3] However, intracellular organisms such as Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis will be susceptible to certain antibiotics in vitro that are not effective for the specific organism in the horse. (wikipedia.org)
  • The authors of the present study have previously hypothesized that unrecognized aspiration of less virulent bacteria that normally inhabit the nasopharynx might also cause pneumonia, especially in persons whose upper airways are bypassed or whose ability to clear aspirated organisms is damaged [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Innes JR, Berger J, Francis J: Subacute bacterial endocarditis with pulmonary embolism in a horse associated with Shigella equirulis . (equineinfectiousdiseases.com)
  • During 1985-88, in sheep and goats, 7.01% of the animals were found positive for BTV antibodies on AGPT. (cswri.res.in)
  • causes a bacterial upper respiratory disease in pigs, resulting in lethargy, cough, and other breathing difficulties. (microgeninc.com)
  • Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-positive bacterium known globally to infect ruminants, horses, and rarely people. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Bacteroidetes class consists of anaerobes which are often found in high numbers in the intestinal tracts of animals and which may infect different human tissues, including periodontal tissues (see Additional file 1). (erksignal.com)
  • A veterinarian can reach a definitive diagnosis through bacterial culture, although clinical signs can be quite diagnostic. (eliteequineks.com)
  • CONCLUSION: Distinct risk factors: birth weight, male sex, breathing problems at birth and PROM were significantly associated with the development of bacterial sepsis across South Asian community settings, supporting refined clinical discernment and targeted use of antimicrobials. (cdc.gov)
  • On the basis of our mutational analysis of HmuY heme ligands [20], an initial step in Rigosertib clinical trial heme transfer could involve disruption of only one of the two axial histidine ligands, as found for Serratia marcescens hemophore HasA [22]. (erksignal.com)
  • This bacterium is of relatively low clinical significance, but is used frequently to test water filters due to its very small size. (microgeninc.com)
  • This bacterium infects the airway, and is closely related to the causative agent of whooping cough, Bordetella pertussis. (microgeninc.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • The first isolation of C. pseudotuberculosis came from a cow lymph node in 1888, by French bacteriologist Edmond Nocard. (wikipedia.org)
  • Data relative to the outcome was available in 79.4% (27/34) of animals that had bacterial isolation, and from these, the lethality rate was 92.6% (25/27). (bvsalud.org)
  • Ideally, an abscess should only be lanced after it has matured well and has an obvious soft spot, or the procedure should be guided with ultrasound to find the best site for drainage that avoids important structures. (wikipedia.org)
  • Coronal fat suppressed post contrast image showing a multiloculated bacterial abscess in the left gluteus minimus muscle due to tropical pyomyositis. (mdwiki.org)
  • Bacterial isolates were recovered from 25% (34/136) of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sampled. (bvsalud.org)
  • Isolates of coryneform bacteria were subjected to conventional biochemical tests ( 3 ), and were evaluated after prolonged incubation at 37°C for as long as 14 days. (cdc.gov)
  • For further characterization, commercial tests API Coryne and VITEK2-compact with cards for coryneform bacteria and corynebacteria and anaerobes (bioMérieux, Nürtingen, Germany) were used according to the manufacturer's instructions. (cdc.gov)
  • The swellings can, however, appear anywhere on the body, especially if the bacteria entered the horse's body through a cut or abrasions. (equusmagazine.com)
  • 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)
  • The spores of B. cereus bacteria commonly contaminate raw foods and food materials, particularly foods that have been in contact with soil. (microgeninc.com)
  • C. pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-positive bacterium that can be either coccoid or filamentous rods, which can be organized into palisades. (wikipedia.org)
  • The bacterial colonies are composed of small Gram negative rods. (avma.org)
  • B: A large amount of Gram - positive rods and a few polymorphonuclear leukocytes were found. (symptoma.com)
  • As vector patterns change with warming temperatures, C. pseudotuberculosis in horses is re-emerging in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • Flies are a major vector and can spread the bacteria, so spray affected and unaffected horses (especially ones with open wounds) with fly repellent if it is still fly season. (eliteequineks.com)
  • For much of the 20th century, pigeon fever was most commonly found in the Southwest and in California. (equusmagazine.com)
  • Media containing serum or whole blood improve bacterial growth, and a band of beta-hemolysis tends to forms around bacterial colonies after 48-72 hours of incubation on blood agar. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recently, from 2009 onward from lung and nasal swab, 28 Gram positive and 45 Gram negative bacterial isolated were obtained. (cswri.res.in)
  • were major Gram negative and positive bacteria, respectively. (cswri.res.in)
  • On bacteriological study of rinsing water of the patient with food poisoning, the pure bacterial culture was inoculated with the following properties: gram-negative motile bacillus in the Endo environment grows like achromic colony. (eneutron.info)
  • c) The organism is not a bacterium, but a fungus , so is very difficult to culture. (wikipedia.org)
  • Bacterial isoliations from blood culture were obtained using the Vital Systems. (symptoma.com)
  • Specifically, C. pseudotuberculosis is intrinsically resistant to streptomycin, with varying resistance to penicillin and neomycin depending on the strain. (wikipedia.org)
  • An optimized protocol of three-phase partitioning (TPP) was used to obtain the C. pseudotuberculosis exoproteins, and a newly introduced method of data-independent MS acquisition (LC-MS E ) was employed for protein identification and label-free quantification. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, evidence could be found for probable non-classical export of most of the remaining proteins. (biomedcentral.com)
  • From a public health perspective, diphtheria is the most critical human disease attributed to coryneform bacteria ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The goat suffers with various disease, which are caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites and other non- infectious agents. (health-articles.net)
  • Pigeon fever cases used to be found primarily in California, although within the last several years veterinarians have diagnosed cases in many areas of the western United States. (eliteequineks.com)
  • Hot, dry weather is the most common environment where the organism is found, and most pigeon fever cases appear in late summer/early fall (the author first diagnosed a case in August, and her number of cases has increased exponentially since that time). (eliteequineks.com)
  • 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)
  • This report present 3 cases of CAP in which Corynebacterium spp. (biomedcentral.com)
  • welchii] Enteritis necroticans 005.3 Food poisoning due to other Clostridia 005.4 Food poisoning due to Vibrio parahaemolyticus 005.8 Other bacterial food poisoning Food poisoning due to Bacillus cereus Excludes: salmonella food poisoning (003. (cdc.gov)
  • 027.8 Other 027.9 Unspecified OTHER BACTERIAL DISEASES (030-041) Excludes: bacterial venereal diseases (098. (cdc.gov)
  • It is provided as an additional code where it is desired to identify the bacterial agent in diseases classified elsewhere. (cdc.gov)