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**Catarrhal conjunctivitis may be present
 
**Catarrhal conjunctivitis may be present
 
*Less frequently, complications can occur as follows :
 
*Less frequently, complications can occur as follows :
**Purulent inflammation may extent to [[Guttural pouches - inflammatory|guttural pouches]] or [[Lungs - inflammatory#Infectious causes of pneumonia|lungs]], [[Paranasal sinuses - inflammatory#Infectious causes of sinusitis|sinusitis]]
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**Purulent inflammation may extent to [[Guttural pouches - inflammatory|guttural pouches]] or [[Lungs - inflammatory#Infectious causes of pneumonia|lungs]], [[Paranasal Sinuses Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of sinusitis|sinusitis]]
 
**Bacteraemia with metastatic abscesses - most often to the mesenteric and mediastinal lymph nodes, less frequently, other organs such as [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]], kidney and brain can be involved - '''Bastard strangles'''
 
**Bacteraemia with metastatic abscesses - most often to the mesenteric and mediastinal lymph nodes, less frequently, other organs such as [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]], kidney and brain can be involved - '''Bastard strangles'''
 
**Retropharyngeal abscesses can rupture onto the skin of neck or into the [[Guttural pouches - inflammatory|guttural pouch]] resulting in '''guttural pouch empyema or chondroid formation''' - carrier state
 
**Retropharyngeal abscesses can rupture onto the skin of neck or into the [[Guttural pouches - inflammatory|guttural pouch]] resulting in '''guttural pouch empyema or chondroid formation''' - carrier state
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===''Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus''===
 
===''Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus''===
 
*Causative agent [[Streptococci|''Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus'']]
 
*Causative agent [[Streptococci|''Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus'']]
*Can infect the respiratory tract ([[Nasal cavity - inflammatory#Infectious causes of rhinitis|nasal cavity]], [[Paranasal sinuses - inflammatory#Infectious causes of sinusitis|paranasal sinuses]], [[Trachea - inflammatory#Infectious causes of tracheitis|trachea]] and [[Bronchi and bronchioles - inflammatory#Infectious causes of bronchitis or bronchiolitis|bronchi/bronchioles]])
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*Can infect the respiratory tract ([[Nasal cavity - inflammatory#Infectious causes of rhinitis|nasal cavity]], [[Paranasal Sinuses Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of sinusitis|paranasal sinuses]], [[Trachea - inflammatory#Infectious causes of tracheitis|trachea]] and [[Bronchi and bronchioles - inflammatory#Infectious causes of bronchitis or bronchiolitis|bronchi/bronchioles]])
 
*URT infection can be indistinguishable clinically from Strangles, but does not cause suppurative lymphadenitis (cf: ''S.equi subsp. equi'')
 
*URT infection can be indistinguishable clinically from Strangles, but does not cause suppurative lymphadenitis (cf: ''S.equi subsp. equi'')
  

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