Caprine vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Rhodococcus equi : clinical communication | Zendy

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Caprine vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Rhodococcus equi : clinical communication

Author(s) -

P.N. Kabongo,

S M Njiro,

M.F. Van Strijp,

John F. Putterill

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of the south african veterinary association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2224-9435

pISSN - 1019-9128

DOI - 10.4102/jsava.v76i3.419

Subject(s) - rhodococcus equi , vertebra , osteomyelitis , autopsy , medicine , vertebral osteomyelitis , pathology , biology , immunology , surgery , biochemistry , virulence , gene

There have been reports of Rhodococcus equi infections in goats in Australia, America and India. In this study, R. equi was isolated from an inflamed vertebra in a Boer goat in South Africa. At autopsy, there was a purulent inflammatory reaction in the 1st cervical vertebra. Histopathologically, a neutrophilic infiltration was encountered in the bone. Aerobic culture of swabs collected from the abscesses yielded R. equi in pure culture that was identified on biochemical tests. R. equi has become important as the cause of an opportunistic infection in people suffering from HIV.

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