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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2003, p. 4468-4470, Vol. 41, No. 9
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4468-4470.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Virulence of Rhodococcus equi Isolated from Cats and Dogs

Shinji Takai,1* Ronald J. Martens,2 Alan Julian,3 Márcio Garcia Ribeiro,4 Marconi Rodrigues de Farias,5 Yukako Sasaki,1 Kazuho Inuzuka,1 Tsutomu Kakuda,1 Shiro Tsubaki,1 and John F. Prescott6

Department of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan,1 Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843,2 Ruakura Animal Health Laboratory, Hamilton, New Zealand,3 Infectious Diseases of the Domestic Animals, FMVZ-UNESP/Botucatu, SP,4 Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Puc-Curitiba, PR, Brazil,5 Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada6

Received 3 March 2003/ Returned for modification 13 April 2003/ Accepted 21 June 2003

Nine cat isolates and nine dog isolates of Rhodococcus equi from clinical material were investigated for the presence of the virulence-associated antigens (VapA and VapB) and virulence plasmids. Five of the cat isolates and one dog isolate were VapA positive and contained an 85-kb type I or an 87-kb type I plasmid. The remaining 12 isolates were avirulent R. equi strains and contained no virulence plasmids.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Animal Hygiene, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan. Phone: 81-176-23-4371. Fax: 81-176-23-8703. E-mail: takai{at}vmas.kitasato-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2003, p. 4468-4470, Vol. 41, No. 9
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4468-4470.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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