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InfectionCausative agentDryland distemperBacterialYersiniaPathogenic bacteriaStrainsSpeciesStaphylococcusClinicalCaseous lymphadenitisPrevalencePigeon feverLesionsStrainDiphtheriaeOccurs when bacteriaGenusAnaerobicAbscessesContaminateToxinIsolationInfectHorsesAntibioticsRarelyGramEpidemicCharacteristicsGastrointestinalDiseaseAspirationDiseasesHumansVirusesInvestigationLaboratoryCasesDemonstrateFliesVeterinaryPatient
Infection14
  • 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)
  • Once found mainly in California, this bacterial infection has now been documented in 25 states across the country. (equusmagazine.com)
  • The first signs of pigeon fever depend on the location of the infection. (equusmagazine.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)
  • In addition, zoonoses are sometimes con- both a vertebrate host and a nonanimal nicable diseases can be classified accord- tagious for hospital personnel (e.g., hem- developmental site or reservoir (organic ing to the source of infection as anthro- orrhagic fevers). (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)
  • Y pseudotuberculosis infection occurs worldwide but appears to be most common as sporadic disease in northern Europe and Asia, primarily as a zoonotic infection of rabbits and other mammals and birds. (medscape.com)
  • The most common clinical Y pseudotuberculosis syndromes are self-limited enterocolitis and mesenteric lymphadenitis (pseudoappendicitis), but septicemia may occur in immunocompromised hosts, resulting in metastatic infection. (medscape.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)
  • In adolescents and adults, infection also manifests itself as fever and swelling of the lymph nodes, appendicitis-like pain on the right side of the abdomen, inflammation of the throat or other flu-like symptoms. (hygiene-in-practice.de)
  • 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)
  • Diphtheria is a now-rare vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) associated with a wide range of clinical illnesses, depending on the infection site and the toxigenicity of the bacteria. (canada.ca)
Causative agent3
Dryland distemper1
Bacterial3
  • Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a cold-tolerant bacterial species in the family Enterobacteriaceae that most commonly causes foodborne illness, typically enterocolitis or mesenteric lymphadenitis (pseudoappendicitis) in children. (medscape.com)
  • Because of its 97% DNA homology with the agent that causes plague , Yersinia pestis, Y pseudotuberculosis is believed to have been the progenitor of the plague bacillus and is considered a model of bacterial evolution. (medscape.com)
  • MDR bacteria that cause IE can be treated using phages rather than antibiotics to combat MDR bacterial strains. (bvsalud.org)
Yersinia5
Pathogenic bacteria3
  • 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)
  • 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)
Strains2
  • It can be associated with postinfectious complications such as erythema nodosum and reactive arthritis , and strains of Y pseudotuberculosis found in Asia appear to produce a superantigen-associated toxic erythema illness suggestive of scarlet fever. (medscape.com)
  • Case series from Canada, consistent with global surveillance, have found that the disease burden is increasingly attributed to cutaneous, non-pseudomembranous respiratory and systemic disease from toxigenic and non-toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans Footnote 2 Footnote 3 Footnote 4 Footnote 5 Footnote 6 Footnote 7 Footnote 8 . (canada.ca)
Species5
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Erythrasma is a superficial skin disease caused by Gram-positive Corynebacterium species. (symptoma.com)
Staphylococcus3
  • 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 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)
  • Pyomyositis is most often caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus . (mdwiki.org)
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)
Caseous lymphadenitis3
Prevalence2
  • 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)
Pigeon fever13
  • 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)
  • These days a new reality of American horsekeeping is that pigeon fever can happen pretty much anywhere at any time of year. (equusmagazine.com)
  • For much of the 20th century, pigeon fever was most commonly found in the Southwest and in California. (equusmagazine.com)
  • But about two decades ago pigeon fever began appearing in regions outside of its usual range. (equusmagazine.com)
  • Though pigeon fever is still thought to be a California disease by many horsemen, it is now present in more than 25 states-in all regions of the United States, including Hawaii. (equusmagazine.com)
  • Pigeon fever is not highly fatal like West Nile virus or tetanus, but it's a serious disease and a nuisance," says Spier. (equusmagazine.com)
  • For these reasons, and more, it's a good idea to become familiar with pigeon fever-including what it looks like, how it occurs and when your horse is most likely to get it. (equusmagazine.com)
  • This is by far the most common form of pigeon fever. (equusmagazine.com)
  • Only about a quarter of horses with pigeon fever will demonstrate fever. (equusmagazine.com)
  • 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)
  • A horse's immune system competence can dictate whether he contracts pigeon fever. (eliteequineks.com)
  • Treating pigeon fever consists mainly of surgically opening the abscesses to allow drainage. (eliteequineks.com)
Lesions3
  • 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)
Strain2
  • Specifically, C. pseudotuberculosis is intrinsically resistant to streptomycin, with varying resistance to penicillin and neomycin depending on the strain. (wikipedia.org)
  • [ 9 ] More optimistically, a specific strain of Y pseudotuberculosis, IP32953, has been modified into a potentially promising vaccine against bubonic and pneumonic plague. (medscape.com)
Diphtheriae2
  • 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)
  • In addition to disease burden, other toxigenic Corynebacteria ( C. ulcerans or C. pseudotuberculosis ) and non-toxigenic C. diphtheriae may serve to maintain a reservoir for toxigenic respiratory diphtheria Footnote 2 Footnote 4 Footnote 8 . (canada.ca)
Occurs when bacteria1
  • IE generally occurs when bacteria, fungi, or other germs from another part of the body, such as the mouth, spread through the bloodstream and attach to damaged areas in the heart. (bvsalud.org)
Genus1
  • 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)
Anaerobic2
  • 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)
Abscesses6
  • Internal abscesses can develop when the bacteria are carried into the body and infect the liver, kidney, lungs or other internal organs. (equusmagazine.com)
  • It takes longer for horses with internal abscesses to show signs of disease, and those that appear tend to be fairly nonspecific, such as lethargy, decreased appetite, fever, colic, coughing and/or weight loss. (equusmagazine.com)
  • C. pseudotuberculosis bacteria tend to localize and form abscesses in the pectoral region and ventral abdomen of the horse. (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)
  • 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)
Contaminate2
  • 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)
Toxin2
  • 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)
  • 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)
Isolation2
  • The first isolation of C. pseudotuberculosis came from a cow lymph node in 1888, by French bacteriologist Edmond Nocard. (wikipedia.org)
  • Even adjusting for underreporting and difficulty in microbiological isolation, Y pseudotuberculosis appears to be a relatively rare pathogen in humans. (medscape.com)
Infect1
  • Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-positive bacterium known globally to infect ruminants, horses, and rarely people. (wikipedia.org)
Horses2
  • 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)
Antibiotics1
Rarely1
  • Y. pseudotuberculosis rarely is a reported cause of gastroenteritis and pseudoappendicitis in the United States, but recent epidemiological studies suggest that it may be an underdiagnosed cause of this illness. (medscape.com)
Gram5
  • C. pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-positive bacterium that can be either coccoid or filamentous rods, which can be organized into palisades. (wikipedia.org)
  • The present study examined the possibilities that: (i) careful examination of Gram-stained sputum and culture plates may reveal a predominant bacterium such as Corynebacterium spp. (biomedcentral.com)
  • B: A large amount of Gram - positive rods and a few polymorphonuclear leukocytes were found. (symptoma.com)
  • Multiple blood cultures grew a gram - positive rod , Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. (symptoma.com)
  • Recognizing and exploiting variations in multidrug efflux pumps and penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) is an essential approach in new antibiotic drug discovery and engineering to meet the growing challenge of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. (bvsalud.org)
Epidemic2
  • Anthroponoses (Greek "anthrópos" = saprophytically and replicate in these borne diseases (urban yellow fever, man, "nosos" = disease) are diseases substrata (i.e., not only to survive or con- dengue, epidemic typhus, tickborne transmissible from human to human. (cdc.gov)
  • taminate them secondarily) are the most relapsing fever, epidemic relapsing fever, Examples include rubella, smallpox, important characteristics of a sapronotic and malaria) might be regarded as diphtheria, gonorrhea, ringworm microbe. (cdc.gov)
Characteristics1
  • Other characteristics of this bacterium include being nonsporulating, noncapsulated, and possessing fimbrae, but it is immobile. (wikipedia.org)
Gastrointestinal1
  • In small children, yersiniosis caused by Y. enterocolitica results in one to three weeks of gastrointestinal disorder with fever, abdominal pain and bloody diarrhoea. (hygiene-in-practice.de)
Disease2
  • Y pseudotuberculosis has also been implicated in the etiology of some cases of Kawasaki disease . (medscape.com)
  • The goat suffers with various disease, which are caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites and other non- infectious agents. (health-articles.net)
Aspiration1
  • 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)
Diseases2
  • certain localized infections Note: Categories for "late effects" of infectious and parasitic diseases are to be found at 137. (cdc.gov)
  • The infectious diseases department of a hospital admitted a patient with nausea, liquid stool with mucus and blood streaks, fever, weakness. (eneutron.info)
Humans1
  • Huge efforts have been undertaken in many laboratories around the world to understand the public health risks posed by prions from animals ever since BSE was found in 1990's to cause variant CJD (vCJD) in humans. (infectiousconferences.com)
Viruses1
  • This virus is in the same group of pest viruses as the virus of swine fever (hog cholera). (microgeninc.com)
Investigation1
  • Defect with dysfunction of antigen-presentation to the immunocompetent cells was found during investigation on the molecule level. (eneutron.info)
Laboratory1
  • Many Y pseudotuberculosis outbreaks have occurred in zoos, animal-holding areas, and laboratory facilities. (medscape.com)
Cases1
Demonstrate1
  • [ 7 ] of Y pseudotuberculosis in Russia and Japan that demonstrate mitogen A, which acts as a superantigen. (medscape.com)
Flies2
  • Flies can travel miles to find your horse. (equishopper.com)
  • This is a site for proliferation of bacteria and the smell attracts blow flies leading to irritation and suffering. (angoras.co.za)
Veterinary2
  • Enter search terms to find related veterinary topics, multimedia and more. (msdvetmanual.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)
Patient1