Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Horse with pneumonia and pleuritis - what is Nocardia brasiliensis?
By Deem, D A & Harrington, D D·Published in The Cornell veterinarian·1980·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Nocardia brasiliensis in a horse with pneumonia and pleuritis.
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- horse
Plain-English summary
A 15-month-old Quarter Horse colt developed severe breathing problems and fluid around the lungs, which are signs of pneumonia and pleuritis. Despite treatment, the colt unfortunately passed away, and further examination revealed that he had a bacterial infection caused by Nocardia brasiliensis. This type of infection can be serious and was identified during the post-mortem analysis. Sadly, the conventional therapies used were not enough to save him.
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Abstract
A 15 month-old Quarter Horse colt developed severe bacterial pneumonia and effusive pleuritis. A beta-hemolytic streptococcus was isolated from a tracheal wash specimen but the colt died despite conventional therapy. The gross post mortem and histologic lesions were characteristic of pulmonary nocardiosis. Nocardia brasiliensis was isolated from the lung and bronchial lymph node.
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