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| − | *''C. pyogenes'' in [[Joints - inflammatory#In Sheep|arthritis]] of sheep post-dipping joint infection and [[Joints - inflammatory#In Pigs|arthritis in pigs]] and [[Joints - inflammatory#In Cattle|arthritis in cattle]]
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| − | *''Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis'' may cause [[Muscles - inflammatory#Abscesses|myositis]]
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| − | *''Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis'' in [[Bacterial skin infections#Deep pyoderma|deep pyoderma]]
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| − | ===Overview===
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| − | *Common inhabitants of skin and mucous membranes of animals
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| − | *Cause pyogenic infections
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| − | *Most species host specific
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| − | ===Characteristics===
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| − | *Small, tough, Gram positive rods
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| − | *Pleomorphic
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| − | *Cluster together to resemble Chinese characters - coryneform morphology
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| − | *Known as diphtheroids
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| − | *Catalase positive, oxidase negative
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| − | *Facultative anaerobes
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| − | *Require enriched media for growth
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| − | *Non-motile
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| − | ===Clinical infections===
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| − | *Infection follows tissue trauma
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| − | *Suppurative lesions
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| − | *''C. pseudotuberculosis'' casues caseous lymphadenitis in sheep
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| − | *Carried on skin of sheep
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| − | *Produces a phospholipase toxin
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| − | *Infection through shearing wounds
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| − | *Facultative intracellular pathogen inside macrophages
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| − | *Ulcerative lymphangitis in horses
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| − | ===Diagnosis===
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