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Revision as of 12:04, 10 May 2010
- Usually long filamentous branching Gram positive rods
- Anaerobic or facultativlyy anaerobic and capnophilic
- Live in nasopharyngeal and oral mucosa
- Cause pyogranulomatous lesions
- Actinomyces viscosus
- Commensal of oral cavity of dogs and humans
- Canine actinomycosis
- Causes localised subcutaneous pyogranulomatous lesions and fibrovascular proliferation of peritoneal (peritonitis) and pleural surfaces in dogs
- Leads to pyothorax
- Respiratory distress
- Cutaneous pustules in horses
- Abortion in cattle
- Rods contained in soft grey granules which release the organism when squashed
- Two types of colonies: large and smooth colonies with V, Y and T configurations or small and rough colonies with short branching filaments
- Grow in 10% carbon dioxide
- Usually responds to penicillin
- Actinomyces hordeovulneris
- Organism found in seed heads of certain grasses
- Colonies adhere to agar and are non-haemolytic
- Filamentous, branching organisms
- Cause cutaneous and visceral abscessation, pleuritis, peritonitis and arthritis in dogs
- Actinomyces viscosus
Pages in category "Actinomyces"
The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.