Two new variants of the Rhodococcus equi virulence plasmid, 90 kb type III and type IV, recovered from a foal in Japan

• Published in: Veterinary microbiology Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 373 - 381
• Main Authors: Takai, Shinji, Murata, Norihisa, Kudo, Ryudai, Narematsu, Nobuhiro, Kakuda, Tsutomu, Sasaki, Yukako, Tsubaki, Shiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.10.2001; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Actinomycetales Infections - microbiology; Actinomycetales Infections - veterinary; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Biological and medical sciences; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Enteritis - microbiology; Enteritis - veterinary; Epidemiology; Fatal Outcome; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Horse; Horse Diseases - microbiology; Horses; Human viral diseases; Immunohistochemistry - veterinary; Infectious diseases; Japan; Male; Medical sciences; Microbiology; Plasmid; Plasmids - classification; Plasmids - genetics; Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology; Pneumonia, Bacterial - veterinary; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Restriction Mapping; Rhodococcus equi; Rhodococcus equi - genetics; Rhodococcus equi - pathogenicity; VapA protein; Variant; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Virology; Virulence; Asia; Japan; Plasmid; Variant; Rhodococcus equi; Virulence; Horse; Pneumonia; Monoclonal antibody; Gordona; Gene; Bacteria; Intestinal disease; Enteritis; Ungulata; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Antigen; Polymerase chain reaction; Vertebrata; Mammalia; DNA; Digestive diseases; Colony; Isolate; Actinomycetes; Perissodactyla; Severe

This report describes the discovery of two new virulence plasmid types from a crossbred foal with Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in Kumamoto died with severe R. equi pneumonia and ulcerative enteritis. R. equi was isolated in large numbers and isolates from the foal were investigated for the presence of...