Molecular epidemiology of virulent Rhodococcus equi from foals in Brazil: virulence plasmids of 85-kb type I, 87-kb type I, and a new variant, 87-kb type III


Autoria(s): Ribeiro, M. G.; Seki, I; Yasuoka, K.; Kakuda, T.; Sasaki, Y.; Tsubaki, S.; Takai, S.
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

20/05/2014

20/05/2014

01/01/2005

Resumo

We investigated the prevalence of virulent Rhodococcus equi in clinical isolates from 41 foals (19 sporadic and seven endemic cases) in Brazil between 1991 and 2003. of the 41 virulent isolates, six contained an 85-kb type I plasmid, 33 contained an 87-kb type I plasmid, both of which have been found in isolates from the Americas, and the remaining two contained a new variant, which did not display the EcoRI, EcoT221 and BamHI digestion patterns of the 11 representative plasmids already reported (85-kb types I-IV; 87-kb types I and II; 90-kb types I-V). We tentatively designated the new variant as the '87-kb type III' plasmid, because its BamHI digestion pattern is similar to that of the 87-kb type I plasmid. This is the first report of the molecular epidemiology surveillance of virulent R. equi in clinical isolates from Brazilian foals. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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53-61

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2004.07.001

Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Oxford: Pergamon-Elsevier B.V., v. 28, n. 1, p. 53-61, 2005.

0147-9571

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/38738

10.1016/j.cimid.2004.07.001

WOS:000226336900004

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Elsevier B.V.

Relação

Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Brazil #horse #plasmid #Rhodococcus equi #virulence
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article