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===Characteristics===
  
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*Formerly known as ''Actinomyces pyogenes'' and ''Corynebacterium pyogenes''
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*Small facultatively anaerobic rod
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*Grows slowly on blood agar to produce small, white colonies surrounded by a zone of beta-haemolysis after 48 hours
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*Produces hazy haemolysis after 24 hours; pin-point colonies after 48 hours
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*Coryneform morphology, like Chinese characters; may be curved with slightly swollen ends
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*Found in nasopharyngeal mucosa and genital tract of cattle, sheep, pigs
  
  
#REDIRECT[[Arcanobacterium pyogenes]]
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===Pathogenicity===
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*Opportunistic infections following injury or viral/mycoplasma infection in ruminants and pigs
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*Extracellular toxins including haemolysin, proteases, DNase and neurominidase
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*Haemolytic toxin, pyolysin, member of the thiol-activated cytolysins (pore-forming toxins); possibly cytotoxic to phagocytic cells; dermonecrotising activity
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===Clinical infections===
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*Suppurative infections
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*Abscesses especially in liver
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*Lymphadenitis, [[Bones Inflammatory - Pathology#Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis]], peritonitis and neural abscessation
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*Pyometra
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*Endometritis
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*Summer mastitis
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*Ovine foot disease
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*[[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Sheep|Arthritis]] of sheep post-dipping; [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Pigs|arthritis in pigs]] and [[Joints Inflammatory - Pathology#In Cattle|arthritis in cattle]]
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*Umbilical infections
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*[[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Acute exudative pneumonia|Acute exudative pneumonia]] and contributes to [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Enzootic pneumonia of calves|Enzootic pneumonia of calves]]
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*May cause [[Muscles - inflammatory#Abscesses|myositis]]
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*Unclassified ''Actinomyces'' species isolated from closed cases of [[Bursae and Tendons Inflammatory - Pathology#Poll Evil and Fistulous Withers|Poll Evil and Fistulous Withers]]
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===Treatment===
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*Penicillin or broad spectrum antibiotics

Revision as of 20:02, 18 August 2008

Characteristics

  • Formerly known as Actinomyces pyogenes and Corynebacterium pyogenes
  • Small facultatively anaerobic rod
  • Grows slowly on blood agar to produce small, white colonies surrounded by a zone of beta-haemolysis after 48 hours
  • Produces hazy haemolysis after 24 hours; pin-point colonies after 48 hours
  • Coryneform morphology, like Chinese characters; may be curved with slightly swollen ends
  • Found in nasopharyngeal mucosa and genital tract of cattle, sheep, pigs


Pathogenicity

  • Opportunistic infections following injury or viral/mycoplasma infection in ruminants and pigs
  • Extracellular toxins including haemolysin, proteases, DNase and neurominidase
  • Haemolytic toxin, pyolysin, member of the thiol-activated cytolysins (pore-forming toxins); possibly cytotoxic to phagocytic cells; dermonecrotising activity


Clinical infections


Treatment

  • Penicillin or broad spectrum antibiotics