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Pathologic and molecular characterization ofsubsp.infection in neonatal piglets.

Journal:
Journal of veterinary science
Year:
2018
Authors:
Oh, Sang-Ik et al.
Affiliation:
Animal Disease Diagnostic Division · South Korea

Abstract

subspecies(SDSE) is an emerging pathogen in animals and humans. Herein, we describe two clinical swine cases of SDSE infection presenting with lameness, neurological signs, or sudden death. Pathological examination indicated suppurative arthritis, encephalitis, and multifocal abscesses in kidney and heart. The β-hemolytic colonies obtained from joint samples of each case were identified as SDSE. The two isolates had low minimum inhibitory concentrations for β-lactams, and they presented the same virulence gene profile (//pSTKP8). Molecular analysis by multilocus sequence typing identified the SDSE isolates from cases 1 and 2 as sequence types 315 and 252, respectively.

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Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29284213/