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| serotyping and pathogenicity of erysipelothrix strains isolated from tonsils of slaughter pigs in thailand. | erysipelothrix strains were isolated from the tonsils of 46 (15.0%) of 307 apparently healthy slaughter pigs in thailand during the period of august to september, 1997. a total of 27 of the 46 erysipelothrix isolates could be classified into 5 serovars but the remaining 19 were untypable in this study. of the 25 isolates serologically identified as erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, 20, 4, and 1 isolates belonged to serovars 2, 12, and 17, respectively. only 2 isolates from the tonsils belonged to er ... | 1999 | 10535518 |
| direct and rapid detection by pcr of erysipelothrix sp. dnas prepared from bacterial strains and animal tissues. | a pcr method for rapid screening of erysipelothrix spp. in the slaughterhouse was carried out by using four species-specific sets of oligonucleotide primers after initial amplification with the primer set mo101-mo102, which amplifies the 16s rrna sequences of all four erysipelothrix species. the dna sequences coding for the rrna gene cluster, including 16s rrna, 23s rrna, and the noncoding region downstream of 5s rrna, were determined in order to design primers for the species-specific pcr detec ... | 1999 | 10565937 |
| potential errors in recognition of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | here we describe four isolations of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae associated with polyarthralgia and renal failure, septic arthritis, classic erysipeloid, and peritonitis. although the biochemical identification was straightforward in each case, recognition presented a challenge to the clinical microbiologist, since in three cases e. rhusiopathiae was not initially considered due to unusual clinical presentations, in two cases the significance might not have been appreciated because growth was in ... | 2000 | 10699048 |
| enterococcal-type glycopeptide resistance genes in non-enterococcal organisms. | although the emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci can be attributed, in part, to the increasing use of vancomycin in clinical practice, and glycopeptide use in animal husbandry, the origins of the enterococcal vancomycin resistance genes are not clear. the vancomycin resistance-associated genes in enterococcus gallinarum, enterococcus casseliflavus/flavescens, lactobacillus spp., leuconostoc spp., pediococcus spp., and erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, are not the source of the high-level v ... | 2000 | 10731599 |
| a serological survey on erysipelas in chickens by growth agglutination test. | from march to april 1992, 200 culled chickens sent to an abattoir in tokyo, japan were examined for the presence of growth agglutinating antibody in the serum. in the serological survey, 11 (5.5%) of 200 chicken sera had high growth agglutination titres against erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, ranging from 1:16 to 1:128. these findings indicate a high rate of erysipelas infection among chickens in the field. | 2000 | 11204134 |
| comparison of methods for detection of erysipelothrix spp. and their distribution in some australasian seafoods. | for many years, erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has been known to be the causative agent of the occupationally related infection erysipeloid. a survey of the distribution of erysipelothrix spp. in 19 australasian seafoods was conducted, and methodologies for the detection of erysipelothrix spp. were evaluated. twenty-one erysipelothrix spp. were isolated from 52 seafood parts. primary isolation of erysipelothrix spp. was most efficiently achieved with brain heart infusion broth enrichment followed ... | 2000 | 10788383 |
| surface antigen, spaa, of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae binds to gram-positive bacterial cell surfaces. | in a previous study, we isolated the spaa gene encoding the surface protective antigen a, spaa, of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, and found that the n-terminal region of spaa was responsible for protective immunity against erysipelas and that the c-terminal region contained eight repeat units consisting of 20 amino acids comprising the binding domain on the erysipelothrix cell surface. in this study, using recombinant spaa proteins, we showed that the repeat region bound to the cell surfaces of v ... | 2000 | 10802190 |
| phylogenic and phenotypic characterization of some eubacterium-like isolates from human feces: description of solobacterium moorei gen. nov., sp. nov. | three isolated strains from human feces were characterized by biochemical tests and 16s rdna analysis. phylogenetic analysis revealed that these isolated strains were members of the clostridium subphylum of gram-positive bacteria. the phenotypic characters resembled those of the genus eubacterium, but these strains were shown to be phylogenetically distant from the type species of the genus, eubacterium limosum. the strains showed a specific phylogenetic association with holdemania filiformis an ... | 2000 | 10832964 |
| bulleidia extructa gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity. | five strains of anaerobic non-sporing gram-positive bacilli isolated from advanced periodontitis (four strains) and a dentoalveolar abscess (one strain) that did not correspond to existing species were subjected to phenotypic and genetic characterization. following 16s rdna sequence analysis, they were found to constitute a novel branch of the low g+c gram-positive division of the phylogenetic tree related to erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and holdemania filiformis. a new genus bulleidia, and the ... | 2000 | 10843035 |
| taxonomic evidence that serovar 7 of erysipelothrix strains isolated from dogs with endocarditis are erysipelothrix tonsillarum. | the levels of relatedness among strains of erysipelothrix serovar 7 isolated from dogs with endocarditis were estimated by performing dna-dna hybridization experiments with the type strains of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and erysipelothrix tonsillarum. all the canine strains exhibited more than 81% hybridization with the type strain of e. tonsillarum but less than 13% hybridization with the type strain of e. rhusiopathiae. based on dna-dna hybridization results we confirmed that serovar 7 of th ... | 2000 | 10861200 |
| fatal outcome of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia in a patient with oropharyngeal cancer. | bacteremia due to erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is rare; the most common presentation reported in the literature is endocarditis. we report a 32-year-old man with oropharyngeal cancer who developed aspiration pneumonia and e. rhusiopathiae bacteremia, and presented with fever, chills, dyspnea, and productive cough with purulent sputum. despite treatment with amoxicillin/clavulanate and nutritional support for 9 days, he died of respiratory failure. he had no clinical evidence of endocarditis. he ... | 2000 | 10870336 |
| [endocarditis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae]. | 2000 | 10893780 | |
| pathogenicity of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: virulence factors and protective immunity. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is the causative agent of erysipelas in animals and erysipeloid in humans. in the absence of specific antibodies, the organism evades phagocytosis by phagocytic cells, but even if phagocytized, it is able to replicate intracellulary in these cells. in this review, recent advances in our understanding of the pathogenicity of e. rhusiopathiae and its protective immunity are described. | 2000 | 10962280 |
| an outbreak of erysipelas in 2-day-old poults. | systemic erysipelas infection was seen in 2-to-4-day-old poults from three separate ranches owned by the same company. the affected poults were all from the same breeder source; poults from other breeder sources were seemingly unaffected. mortality increased on days 2 and 3, ranging from 2% to 8.5%. birds submitted were dehydrated and very weak, with one half of the poults submitted having died during transport to the lab. gross lesions included swollen, congested livers and spleens, as well as ... | 2000 | 11007027 |
| influence of antibiotics used as feed additives on the immune effect of erysipelas live vaccine in swine. | to investigate the influence of antibiotics used as feed additives on the immune response to erysipelas live vaccine, the pig inoculation test was applied. avilamycin, oxytetracycline quaternary salt, enramycin, virginiamycin and tylosin phosphate were selected as test antibiotics. five experimental feeds containing each antibiotic at the highest concentration permitted for feed additives in japan, and the basal diet lacking antibiotics were examined. twenty-nine pigs were divided into six group ... | 2000 | 11014067 |
| quantitative diversity of 67 kda protective antigen among serovar 2 strains of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and its implication in protective immune response. | mouse monoclonal antibodies (mabs), raised against the naoh-extracted antigen of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strain kyoto (serovar 2), recognized two different epitopes on a single protein of molecular weight 67 kda. the mabs were classified as protective or non-protective against strain fujisawa (serovar 1). in immunoblotting analysis using the mabs, fifteen wild strains were shown to contain different amounts of 67 kda protective antigen. each formalin-killed whole cell vaccine (bacterin) pre ... | 2000 | 11073078 |
| phylogenetic analysis of the erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and erysipelothrix tonsillarum based upon 16s rrna. | the nucleotide sequences of 16s rrna genes of erysipelothrix rhusiopathine and erysipelothrix tonsillarum were determined. the sequences are almost similar (99.8%) with only three nucleotides mismatched. | 2000 | 11092736 |
| topically acquired bacterial zoonoses from fish: a review. | the main pathogens acquired topically from fish (through spine puncture or open wounds) are aeromonas hydrophila, edwardsiella tarda, erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, mycobacterium marinum, streptococcus iniae, vibrio vulnificus and vibrio damsela. s. iniae has recently emerged as a public health hazard associated with aquaculture, and m. marinum often infects home aquarium hobbyists. with the expansion of aquaculture and popularity of recreational fishing in australia, medical practitioners can ex ... | 2000 | 11130351 |
| comparison of dna sequencing of the protein a gene polymorphic region with other molecular typing techniques for typing two epidemiologically diverse collections of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. | the aim of this study was to compare the recently developed typing approach for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) based on the dna sequencing of the protein a gene polymorphic region (spaa typing) with a combination of three well-established molecular typing techniques: clai-meca vicinity polymorphisms, clai-tn554 insertion patterns, and smai pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) profiles. in order to evaluate the applicability of this typing technique in different types of st ... | 2001 | 11158109 |
| erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis and presumed osteomyelitis. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is known to cause infections in humans following exposure to decaying organic matter or animals colonized with the organism, such as swine and fish. invasive infections with this organism are unusual and are manifested primarily as infective endocarditis. the present report is believed to be the first to report a case of e rhusiopathiae endocarditis and presumptive osteomyelitis. e rhusiopathiae appears to have intrinsic resistance to vancomycin. because vancomycin i ... | 2001 | 18159347 |
| identification of the tetracycline resistance gene, tet(m), in erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | this is the first report to demonstrate the presence of tet(m) in naturally occurring isolates of tetracycline-resistant erysipelothrix rbusiopathiae, which causes swine erysipelas. the tet(m) gene was isolated from e. rhusiopathiae strain ky5-42. the nucleotide and the deduced amino acid sequence were 99% identical to the tet(m) gene from enterococcus faecalis. the gene was necessary and sufficient for the expression of tetracycline resistance in escherichia coli. the presence of the tet(m) gen ... | 2001 | 15129584 |
| computerized comparison of the protein compositions of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and erysipelothrix tonsillarum strains. | protein profiles of six erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strains, five erysipelothrix tonsillarum strains and three erysipelothrix strains of uncertain taxonomic position were studied by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyactylamide gel electrophoresis (sds-page). in a computerized comparison of the protein patterns of the strains, the level of similarity between the strains was determined. the sds-page protein bands were divided into 14 groups based on molecular weight. the relative distribution of protei ... | 2001 | 11254101 |
| antimicrobial susceptibilities of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from pigs with swine erysipelas in japan, 1988-1998. | the susceptibility to 21 antimicrobial agents of 214 strains of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from pigs affected with swine erysipelas in japan between 1988 and 1998 was determined. ampicillin, cloxacillin, benzylpenicillin, ceftiofur, tylosin, enrofloxacin and danofloxacin were the most active agents [minimum inhibitory concentrations (mics); < or = 0.025-0.78 microgram/ml], followed by cefazolin, virginiamycin, tiamulin, chloramphenicol, florphenicol and oxolinic acid (mics; 0.1-25 mic ... | 2001 | 11315521 |
| distribution of antibody against erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in cattle. | serum samples collected from 854 cattle in nine prefectures of japan, from hokkaido to okinawa, between 1988 and 1992 were examined for presence of antibodies against erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae by growth agglutination test. most of the sera showed positive reactions, and the antibody titers ranged from below 4 to above 128. seventy-six percent of the sera showed titers of 32 or above, and 34% showed titers of 128 or above. the titers had a tendency to be higher in the south and lower in the no ... | 2001 | 11329469 |
| induction of cross-protection in mice against dolphin erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolates with a swine commercial vaccine. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is well known to cause disease in dolphins. this disease occurs either in an peracute way, leading to mortality even before clinical signs are observed or in a sub-acute way, characterized by rhomboidal skin lesions, that can be treated with penicillin or its derivatives. commercial swine vaccines, containing inactivated serotype 2 strains, are currently used for vaccination but it is not known whether these vaccines induce protection against e. rhusiopathiae isolate ... | 2001 | 11337140 |
| [mitral valve endocarditis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae]. | a 67 year-old country woman was admitted to the hospital because of a four weeks history of continuous catarrh, arthralgia and fever. recently, she had also developed upper abdominal pain after oral ibuprofen treatment. the clinical examination showed a patient of impaired general condition. the heart and lungs were auscultatory normal and there were no signs of dyspnea, cyanosis or inflammatory skin lesions. | 2001 | 11347005 |
| structural investigations on the cell surface of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | the cell wall of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was investigated. the corrected structure of the murein, which was published earlier, is reported here. the murein belongs to the b1delta type. it has l-alanine in position three of the peptide subunit and is crosslinked via a glycine-l-lysine-l-lysine interpeptide bridge. as expected by the complex serological situation in e. rhusiopathiae the carbohydrate moiety of the cell wall proofed to be very intricate. as accessory polymers polysaccharide(s) ... | 2001 | 11403395 |
| serovars of erysipelothrix species isolated from the tonsils of healthy cattle in japan. | serovars of 79 erysipelothrix isolates recovered from the tonsils of healthy slaughtered cattle over a 1-year period in japan were determined by an agar double-diffusion precipitation system using typing sera representing all the known serovars, 1 through 23 and type n, of erysipelothrix. a total of 43 out of the 79 erysipelothrix isolates could be classified into nine serovars but the remaining 36 isolates were untypable. of 42 isolates identified as erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, 4, 6, 2, 3, 1, ... | 2001 | 11423200 |
| aortic valve endocarditis with paravalvular abscesses caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | 2001 | 11681442 | |
| [endocarditis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: a rare professional disease difficult to diagnose]. | 2001 | 11709133 | |
| erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae ys-1 as a live vaccine vehicle for heterologous protein expression and intranasal immunization of pigs. | we have developed a system in which a foreign antigen is delivered and expressed on the surface of an attenuated strain of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae ys-1 and have examined the ability of a such recombinant e. rhusiopathiae strain to function as a mucosal vaccine vector. the c-terminal portion, including two repeat regions, r1 and r2, of the p97 adhesin of mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strain e-1 was successfully translocated and expressed on the e. rhusiopathiae ys-1 cell surface after it was fuse ... | 2002 | 11748187 |
| tiamulin activity against fastidious and nonfastidious veterinary and human bacterial isolates: initial development of in vitro susceptibility test methods. | tiamulin is a pleuromutilin derivative used in veterinary practice for the control and specific therapy of infections in swine. this report summarizes studies to establish standardized susceptibility testing methods, interpretive criteria, and reagent details for use in veterinary methods recently developed by the national committee for clinical laboratory standards (nccls) (standards m31-a and m37-a, nccls, wayne, pa., 1999). a total of 636 fastidious and nonfastidious animal and human pathogen ... | 2002 | 11825957 |
| [erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia without endocarditis or evidence of the entry point in an immunocompet woman]. | 2002 | 11904094 | |
| hyaluronidase is not essential for the lethality of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in mice. | to investigate the role of hyaluronidase in the pathogenicity of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, transposon tn916 was transferred from enterococcus faecalis cg110 to a virulent strain of e. rhusiopathiae, and hyaluronidase-deficient mutants were isolated. a virulence assay in the mice showed that of the seven hyaluronidase-deficient mutants tested, six mutants were avirulent, but that one mutant, designated ast121, was as virulent as its parental strain. western immunoblotting with a monoclonal an ... | 2002 | 11913558 |
| the detection and recovery of erysipelothrix spp. in meat and abattoir samples in western australia. | to investigate the occurrence of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and other erysipelothrix spp. in abattoir and meat samples in western australia. | 2002 | 11972687 |
| case study: chronic erysipelas of the sow--a subclinical manifestation of reproductive problems. | systemic infections with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae are usually associated with skin lesions, vegetative endocarditis and arthritis, but they can also cause reproductive symptoms such as abortion, increased stillbirths, and smaller litter size. in a large hungarian breeding unit that had ceased to vaccinate the sows against erysipelas, an increased incidence of pre- and post-partal vulval discharge, increased weaning-to-oestrus intervals, decreased farrowing rates, and reductions in total numb ... | 2002 | 11975752 |
| mucosal immunoadjuvant activity of the low toxic recombinant escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin produced by bacillus brevis for the bacterial subunit or component vaccine in pigs and cattle. | a gene encoding the mature escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (lt) lacking the nick site in the a subunit by deleting tripeptides was introduced in a vector pnh301 and expressed extracellularly as mutant molecule of holotoxin at high levels in bacilus brevis hpd31-s5 of the host bacterium. the mucosal adjuvant activities of the produced mutant lt (mlt) preparation were studied in pigs and cattle. intranasal immunization of pigs with the recombinant subunit vaccine of erysipelothrix rhusiop ... | 2002 | 12072249 |
| [infective endocarditis with perivalvular abscess in a patient with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia]. | the bacterial species erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is found worldwide as a commensal or a pathogen in a variety of animals. one well-defined pattern of human infection is an uncommon bacteremic form, with or without cutaneous involvement, usually complicated by endocarditis. we report the case of a 38-year-old male butcher with e. rhusiopathiae bacteremia, native aortic valve endocarditis and perivalvular abscess. the patient was released after six weeks of intravenous ceftriaxone and aortic val ... | 2002 | 12150010 |
| [do arthralgia and arthritis manifest during or after an infection with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (erysipelas)]. | 2002 | 12219640 | |
| antibodies to selected viral and bacterial pathogens in european wild boars from southcentral spain. | serum samples from 78 european wild boars (sus scrofa) harvested during the 1999-2000 hunting season were tested for antibodies to brucella spp., classical swine fever virus, erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, haemophilus parasuis, leptospira interrogans serovar pomona, mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, pseudorabies virus (prv), porcine parvovirus (ppv), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, salmonella serogroups b, c, and d, streptococcus suis, and swine influenza virus (siv) serotypes h1n1 a ... | 2002 | 12238391 |
| susceptibility of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae to antimicrobial agents and home disinfectants. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae causes the occupationally-related infection erysipeloid in humans, and may be responsible for infections in lobster fishermen in western australia. there are little recent data pertaining to antimicrobial susceptibility, or susceptibility to disinfectants that might be used in the environment. the aim of this study was to determine the susceptibility of e. rhusiopathiae from human, animal and environmental sources to various antimicrobial agents and disinfectants. | 2002 | 12408347 |
| ginseng extract in aluminium hydroxide adjuvanted vaccines improves the antibody response of pigs to porcine parvovirus and erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | ginseng, the dry extract prepared from the panax ginseng c.a. mayer-root contain immunomodulators named ginsenosides, which in the pig enhance the antibody response to viral and bacterial antigens. the enhancing effect of ginseng was demonstrated vaccinating pigs against porcine parvovirus (ppv) and erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infections, using commercially available vaccines. the potency of the licensed, aluminium hydroxide adjuvanted; vaccines were compared with those supplemented with ginsen ... | 2003 | 12507846 |
| vaccine efficacy of the attenuated erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae ys-19 expressing a recombinant protein of mycoplasma hyopneumoniae p97 adhesin against mycoplasmal pneumonia of swine. | the attenuated erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae ys-19 strain was constructed for the purpose of delivering the c-terminal portion of the mycoplasma hyopneumoniae p97 adhesin to the mucosal surface of the respiratory tract of pigs. in this study, the efficacy of the ys-19 vaccine against mycoplasmal pneumonia of swine was evaluated. animal experiments revealed that intranasal immunization of pigs with the ys-19 strain significantly reduced the severity of pneumonic lung lesions caused by m. hyopneumo ... | 2003 | 12531653 |
| septic arthritis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection after arthroscopically assisted anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. | a case of septic arthritis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, after an arthroscopically assisted anterior cruciate ligament (acl) substitution in a non-immunosuppressed patient is described. an 18-year-old man underwent an acl reconstruction with a quadruple hamstring graft. eight days postoperatively, the patient developed fever, knee pain, and effusion without erythema or suppuration. he was readmitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of septic arthritis. the patient's erythrocyte sedim ... | 2003 | 12627143 |
| a case of multiple brain infarctions associated with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis. | a 63-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of fever and altered mentality. brain magnetic resonance imaging showed multiple infarctions at the basal ganglia, cerebellum, and subcortical white matter with petechial hemorrhage, which was more easily seen on gradient echo images. erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was cultured from her blood, and echocardiography showed septic vegetations in the mitral valve. she recovered fully after 6 weeks of appropriate antibiotic treatment. | 2003 | 12633157 |
| chronic arthritis and systemic amyloidosis in three goat kids associated with seroconversion to erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | 2003 | 12650476 | |
| erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae septic arthritis. | we describe herein the case of a man with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae septic arthritis and possible infective endocarditis. this is the first report in the english-language medical literature of septic arthritis caused by this organism. | 2003 | 12687560 |
| adhesive surface proteins of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bind to polystyrene, fibronectin, and type i and iv collagens. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a gram-positive bacterium that causes erysipelas in animals and erysipeloid in humans. we found two adhesive surface proteins of e. rhusiopathiae and determined the nucleotide sequences of the genes, which were colocalized and designated rspa and rspb. the two genes were present in all of the serovars of e. rhusiopathiae strains examined. the deduced rspa and rspb proteins contain the c-terminal anchoring motif, lpxtg, which is preceded by repeats of consensus ami ... | 2003 | 12700253 |
| erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: an unusual pathogen of infective endocarditis. | 2003 | 12714211 | |
| chronic monoarthritis of the knee in systemic lupus erythematosus. | we describe a middle-aged lady with systemic lupus erythematosus who presented with chronic left knee monoarthritis without constitutional symptoms. the histology of synovial tissue taken at arthroscopy showed acute inflammation and erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, identified with some difficulty, was isolated from the enrichment broth only. blood cultures were negative. her history revealed significant exposure to pond fish. she responded well to intravenous penicillin and remains well 12 months l ... | 2003 | 12729059 |
| [erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis, a new case report]. | 2003 | 12756906 | |
| the poultry red mite, dermanyssus gallinae, a potential vector of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae causing erysipelas in hens. | erysipelas is a bacterial disease caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, which may infect swine as well as several other species of mammals and birds, including domestic fowl. in poultry, erysipelas may cause sudden high mortality due to septicemia. this communication describes the first isolation of e. rhusiopathiae from the haematophagous poultry red mite, dermanyssus gallinae degeer (acari: dermanyssidae), that was collected on three farms where hen erysipelas was diagnosed. the bacteria wer ... | 2003 | 12823843 |
| erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis: a preventable zoonosis? | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a bacterium ubiquitous in the environment. it can cause a variety of diseases and the risk of infection is closely related to the level of occupational exposure to infected or colonised animals. | 2003 | 12930059 |
| subacute endocarditis due to erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a rare cause of endocarditis. most cases were observed in people working with animals. we report a case in a 45-year old man without any exposure to animals. he was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnoea. blood cultures were drawn following fever on day 8 of hospitalisation. erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was cultured and echocardiography showed a vegetation on the mitral valve. appropriate antibiotic therapy and surgical treatment led to a good outcome of the ... | 2003 | 15068130 |
| effect of mulesing and shearing on the prevalence of effect of mulesing and shearing on the prevalence of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae arthritis in lambs. | to examine the effects of management practices and environment on the prevalence of arthritis in lambs. | 2003 | 15086112 |
| necrotizing fasciitis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | a woman with diabetes mellitus type 2 had a thigh infection that drained foul-smelling pus. necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed surgically and histopathologically, with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae being the predominant organism. a pet goldfish might have been the source. | 2003 | 14513997 |
| enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay employing a recombinant antigen for detection of protective antibody against swine erysipelas. | the specificities and sensitivities of five recombinant proteins of the surface protective antigen (spaa) of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae were examined by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) with the aim of developing a reliable serological test for the detection of protective antibody against e. rhusiopathiae. fully mature protein and the n-terminal 416 amino acids (spaa416) showed sufficient antigenicities, and further examination was done with spaa416 because of its higher yiel ... | 2003 | 14605133 |
| erysipelothrix inopinata sp. nov., isolated in the course of sterile filtration of vegetable peptone broth, and description of erysipelotrichaceae fam. nov. | based on 16s rrna gene sequence comparison, an isolate that was detected in sterile-filtered vegetable broth was classified as a novel member of the erysipelothrix line of descent of the firmicutes. strain mf-ep02t resembles members of the two species of erysipelothrix with validly published names, erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and erysipelothrix tonsillarum, in morphology, fatty acid composition, lack of menaquinones in aerobically and anaerobically grown cultures, dna g+c content and peptidogly ... | 2004 | 14742484 |
| [erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia without endocarditis and reactive arthritis]. | 2004 | 15033063 | |
| erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: genetic characterization of midwest us isolates and live commercial vaccines using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. | this is the first report of molecular characterization of us erysipelas field isolates and vaccine strains of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge). erysipelas in pigs is mainly caused by e. rhusiopathiae serotypes 1a, 1b, and 2. in 2001, erysipelas reemerged as a clinical problem in pigs in the midwestern united states. in this work 90 erysipelas isolates (58 recent and 28 archived field isolates as well as 4 live-vaccine strains) were genetically characterized ... | 2004 | 15053359 |
| erysipelothrix septicemia in a little blue penguin (eudyptula minor). | on june 25, 2002, aquarium veterinarians treated a 5-year-old, male little blue penguin (eudyptula minor) that was acutely recumbent and dull, with inappetence of 24-hour duration. the penguin died within 10 minutes of presentation despite emergency resuscitation efforts. gross pathologic findings consisted of pulmonary congestion and intestinal hemorrhage. histopathologic findings included necrosis of tips of intestinal villi, increased numbers of mononuclear cells in pulmonary interstitium and ... | 2004 | 15053366 |
| peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis with bacteraemia due to erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | 2004 | 15102991 | |
| protective immunity of spaa-antigen producing lactococcus lactis against erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection. | to develop an economical, safe and simple vaccination system against swine erysipelas using spaa-antigen producing lactococcus lactis. | 2004 | 15139928 |
| detection of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in clinical and environmental samples. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is pathogenic for both animals and humans, causing erysipelas in swine and erysipeloid in humans. in swine, disease may be either acute or chronic, resulting in the development of arthritis and endocarditis. in japan, erysipelas remains an animal hygiene problem causing great economic loss as infected swine are disused. human infection closely resembles that seen in swine, with both acute and chronic forms also. the most common presentation is erysipeloid, a localize ... | 2004 | 15156031 |
| microbiological status of piggery effluent from 13 piggeries in the south east queensland region of australia. | to assist in the development of safe piggery effluent re-use guidelines by determining the level of selected pathogens and indicator organisms in the effluent ponds of 13 south-east queensland piggeries. | 2004 | 15479402 |
| [infective endocarditis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae--case report]. | infective endocarditis (ie) is an infectious disease, which leads to death when is untreated. in most cases ie is caused by typical bacteria. ie caused by atypical bacteria is rare. in this paper, we describe a female patient with ie caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (er). due to inflammation and leaflets' damage she underwent double-valve implantation (aortic and mitral ones). a long-term antibiotic therapy was given with good outcome. we also describe the organism, types of human diseases ... | 2004 | 15116160 |
| [erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae--rare etiology of persistent febrile syndrome]. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a gram-positive rod, carried by many domestic and pet animals and very resistant in the environmental habitat, causing an anthropo-zoonosis infection in humans. it can determine, most frequently, a skin infection and may cause also septic arthritis or systemic infection, usually associated with aortic endocarditis. bacteremia without endocarditis is a very rare presentation, generally seen in immunocompromised patients. we report such an unexpected diagnosis in a ... | 2005 | 16607829 |
| investigations on the pathogenicity of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in laying hens. | erysipelas was diagnosed in 1998 from 34-wk-old laying hens in a free range flock in germany. erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae of serotype 1 was cultured from internal organs of the affected birds. this article describes the pathogenicity of the field isolate of e. rhusiopathiae in experimentally infected specific pathogen-free (spf) laying hens. three experiments were performed with spf chickens inoculated at 17, 27, and 37 wk of age by either intramuscular (im) or oral route. inoculated birds were ... | 2005 | 16405001 |
| erysipelas in the critically endangered kakapo (strigops habroptilus). | this paper describes the effect of a disease outbreak on the success of a translocation for conservation management in a critically endangered species. three juvenile kakapo from a group of 19 translocated birds died within 72 h of transport between new zealand offshore islands. clinical findings, gross necropsy changes, cytology, histopathology and bacterial culture confirmed systemic disease caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. on the island from which the kakapo were sourced, positive cult ... | 2005 | 16236568 |
| neuraminidase production by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | in order to characterise neuraminidase activity by erysipelothrix, 85 isolates of erysipelothrix spp. from a variety of sources including human clinical, marine and terrestrial animals, and the environment were investigated for neuraminidase production. neuraminidase activity was detected by a peanut lectin haemagglutination method. the effects of media, incubation conditions and ph on the production and activity of neuraminidase were also investigated. enzyme activity was detected only in the s ... | 2005 | 15863286 |
| visceral botryomycosis in a case of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis. | botryomycosis is a rare bacterial infection of the skin and, rarely, viscera that is characterized by the formation of characteristic hyaline grains. we encountered a patient with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis who developed visceral botryomycosis. he was a 54-year-old black man who presented in sepsis with a history of progressive weakness and severe weight loss. he died 10 hours after admission. at autopsy, endocarditis was identified, along with infarcts of the spleen and kidneys. ... | 2005 | 15712190 |
| wound infections caused by vibrio vulnificus and other marine bacteria. | infections caused by vibrio vulnificus were first reported in 1979 by blake et al. of the us centers for disease control. at that time described as a 'rare, unnamed halophilic lactose-fermenting vibrio species', v. vulnificus has emerged as the most virulent foodborne pathogen in the united states with a hospitalization rate of 0.910 and a case-fatality rate of 0.390. it is in addition a significant cause of potentially life-threatening wound infections. infections following ingestion of raw or ... | 2005 | 15962544 |
| mitro-aortic infective endocarditis produced by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: case report and review of the literature. | endocarditis produced by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is an uncommon disease in humans. this bacterial species is found worldwide as a commensal or a pathogen in many animals. infection in humans is usually due to occupational exposure. the case is reported of a 43-year-old male parrot breeder with native aortic and mitral valve endocarditis and nyha class ii heart failure at six months after wound infection. the patient was discharged after six weeks' treatment with intravenous penicillin g and ... | 2005 | 15974525 |
| management of extremity trauma and related infections occurring in the aquatic environment. | wounds sustained in oceans, lakes, and streams are exposed to a milieu of bacteria rarely encountered in typical land-based injuries. these include vibrio species, aeromonas hydrophila, pseudomonas and plesiomonas species, erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, mycobacterium marinum, and other microbes. failure to recognize and treat these less common pathogens in a timely manner may result in significant morbidity or death. initial antibiotic therapy should address common gram-positive and gram-negative ... | 2005 | 16112981 |
| in vitro activity of daptomycin against clinical isolates of gram-positive bacteria. | we determined the activity of daptomycin, a recently fda-approved antimicrobial agent, against clinical isolates of gram-positive bacteria, including viridans group streptococci (16 streptococcus mitis species group, 12 s. mutans species group, 9 s. anginosus species group, 8 s. sanguinis species group, 5 s. salivarius species group) from patients with infective endocarditis, 32 methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, 32 high-level penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae, 38 vancomyci ... | 2005 | 16133715 |
| [fatal mitral valve endocarditis by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae]. | a fatal case of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae mitral valve endocarditis is described in a 45 years old male, with a history of chronic alcohol abuse and without animals contact. he presented intermittent fever, polyarthralgia, weight loss, and low back pain. in blood cultures (2 bottles), gram-positive pleomorphic rods grew after 48 hours of incubation. the subculture on blood agar media showed a small, alpha-hemolytic colony, catalase and oxidase negative, pyr and lap positive and the production ... | 2005 | 16178460 |
| erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae septicemia in a laughing kookaburra (dacelo novaeguineae). | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (e. rhusiopathiae) septicemia was demonstrated in a captive laughing kookaburra (dacelo novaeguineae). the bird died after a 2-week period of weakness and weight loss. at necropsy, the bird was emaciated and had reddened and wet lungs. microscopic lesions were limited to hepatic and pulmonary congestion with focal thrombosis. erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was isolated by routine bacterial culture from several organs. further characterization of the isolate by pulsed-f ... | 2005 | 16312248 |
| parvovirus antibodies in vaccinated gilts in field conditions--results with hi and elisa tests. | this study was conducted to determine the antibody response for porcine parvovirus (ppv) of 39 gilts in field conditions after vaccination. gilts from four herds endemically infected with ppv were injected twice with a commercial vaccine of inactivated ppv and erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. the ppv antibodies were analysed both with haemagglutination inhibition (hi) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) in order to study the agreement between these methods. the possible association betwee ... | 2006 | 16420335 |
| oral vaccination against swine erysipelas--field experiences in croatia. | in order to prove the effects of mass application of oral erysipelas vaccine via drinking water, in a farrow-to-finish production unit in croatia, the growing-finishing animals were divided into 3 groups and treated as follows:--group 1 (n=199) was vaccinated intramuscularly against swine erysipelas at 1 week and 3 weeks after arrival in the growing-finishing facility with a swine erysipelas bacterin.--group 2 (n=199) were vaccinated at the same time with an avirulent culture of erysipelothrix r ... | 2006 | 16475549 |
| characterisation of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolates from pigs associated with vaccine breakdowns. | swine erysipelas vaccines are routinely used to protect pigs against peracute and acute/urticarial forms of erysipelothrix. between 1995 and 1998, 34 swine herds across four australian states experienced vaccine failure. forty-four isolates of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae of serovars 2, 1a, 1b and 1bx21 were recovered from 15 of these 34 vaccine breakdown herds. these isolates were characterised by restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) analyses using rsai and alui on whole cell dna and ... | 2006 | 16621346 |
| evaluation of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae vaccines in pigs by intradermal challenge and immune responses. | in a vaccine trial, pigs were challenged intradermally with eight e. rhusiopathiae strains of serovars 1a, 1b or 2 given concurrently. the strains were derived from six herds affected with vaccine breakdowns in 1997-1999, one herd without vaccine breakdown and a serovar 2 reference strain. responses to two commercial bacterins (one implicated in the vaccine breakdowns), and two experimental bacterins (based on field isolates from affected herds) showed distinct differences in protection, particu ... | 2006 | 16678363 |
| erysipeloid--case report. | erysipeloid is an acute, bacterial infection of traumatized skin in an individual who was in direct contact with meat or other animal products contaminated with a gram-positive bacillus erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. we present a case of a 50-year-old housewife whose hobby was fishing, with a reddish, tender patch on the fifth finger and dorsum of the left hand, which developed a week after she had sustained an injury while boning the fish. the patient was treated with orally administered penicil ... | 2006 | 16859614 |
| erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae neuraminidase and its role in pathogenicity. | the role of the enzyme neuraminidase in pathogenicity of the bacillus erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was studied. different substances with low and high molecular weight were tested as inducers of e. rhusiopathiae neuraminidase biosynthesis. it was found that macromolecular complexes induce the secretion of the enzyme. k(m) values for different substrates showed that the affinity of the e. rhusiopathiae neuraminidase increases in parallel with the enlargement of the molecular weight of glycoprotei ... | 2006 | 16869504 |
| a multiplex polymerase chain reaction for discriminating erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from erysipelothrix tonsillarum. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is the causative agent of swine erysipelas, and it causes great economic losses in japan and worldwide. in meat inspection, it is very important to distinguish e. rhusiopathiae from other bacteria showing similar clinical signs of disease or similar bacterial characteristics. to distinguish e. rhusiopathiae from erysipelothrix tonsillarum, 2 polymerase chain reaction (pcr) systems were combined. the primer sets ery-1f and ery-2r were designed to amplify 2210 base pai ... | 2006 | 16921879 |
| occupational injury in a fishmonger with a macular rash, hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia. | a 47-year-old fishmonger presented with a history of weight loss and lethargy. on investigation he was found to have myeloma. he presented again before follow up, with a 3-day history of fever and a maculopapular rash. he was admitted to the haematology ward and treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics. blood cultures were found to be positive for erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. penicillin treatment was given, and he made a good recovery. the importance of occupational illness in an already immunoc ... | 2006 | 16935976 |
| [one case with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis]. | we report case of a 67-year-old alcoholic fisherman who developed infective endocarditis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. the initial manifestations were fever and back pain of approximately three months' duration. auscultation of the heart revealed a loud systolic murmur at the apex and a diastolic murmur over the aortic valve area. echocardiographic studies showed vegetations on both the aortic valve and mitral valve. blood cultures grew erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, and it was sensitiv ... | 2006 | 16922485 |
| investigations of the vertical transmission of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in laying hens. | erysipelas was diagnosed in a layer breeder flock in sweden in 2002. although vertical transmission of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has not been previously described in chickens, the potential of erysipelas infection to adversely affect hatching eggs was of concern. to clarify the possible impact of erysipelas on hatching eggs and their progeny, an experiment was done using 200 hatching eggs collected from the infected flock. the eggs were incubated for 21 days, and the egg shells, infertile egg ... | 2006 | 16863088 |
| deferment of slaughtering in swine affected by cutaneous erysipelas. | according to the european union rules for meat inspection (regulation (ec) no. 854/2004 of the european parliament and of the council of 29 april 2004, that will be enforced in january 2006 in place of council directive 91/497/eec of 29 july 1991 and council directive 91/498/eec of 29 july 1991), any swine carcase affected by erysipelas must be destroyed. when pigs show erysipelas during antemortem inspection, the slaughtering must be deferred. legislation however does not specify how long shoul ... | 2006 | 22061544 |
| [erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis]. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a thin, non-sporulating, gram-positive rod found worldwide and hosted by many domestic or savage animals, birds, fish, and shell/fish. it is extremely resistant in the external environment (soil, surface waters). human infection is prevalently related to occupational exposure to sick or infected contaminated animals (anthropozoonosis). frequently, the disease manifests itself as an acute cellulitis on the skin around the gate of entry. systemic infection is uncomm ... | 2006 | 17571546 |
| genetic and antigenic diversity of the surface protective antigen proteins of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | the surface protective antigen (spa) protein of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has been shown to be highly immunogenic and is a potential candidate for a new vaccine against erysipelas. in this study, we cloned and sequenced spa genes from all e. rhusiopathiae serovar reference strains as well as from a serovar 18 strain which was not classified as any species in the genus erysipelothrix. sequence analysis revealed that the spa proteins could be classified into three molecular species, including s ... | 2007 | 17475766 |
| invasive erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in northeast thailand. | three cases of invasive erysipelothrix rhusipathiae infection, which is considered rare, presented to a hospital in ubon ratchathani, northeast thailand during 2006. patients presented with variable clinical manifestations including diffused cutaneous lesions, bacteremia and endocarditis. erysipelothrix infection may be an emerging infection in immunocompromized individuals in thailand. | 2007 | 17877222 |
| chronic meningitis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. | a 47-year-old man presented with headache, nausea, vomiting and fever. laboratory findings including analysis of cerebrospinal fluid suggested bacterial meningitis. erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was identified in cultures of cerebrospinal fluid. the patient recovered without any neurological sequelae after antimicrobial treatment. it is interesting that intracranial infection by e. rhusiopathiae reappeared after scores of years and that it presented with absence of an underlying cause or bacterae ... | 2007 | 17893181 |
| development and validation of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies for the detection of immunoglobulin g of bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus). | antibodies directed against species-specific immunoglobulin g (igg) have a broad range of applications in serologic and immunologic research and in the development of clinical assays. validated anti-igg antibodies for marine mammal species are in short supply. the objective of this study was to produce and validate antibodies with specificity for igg of the common bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus). bottlenose dolphin igg was purified using protein g. two mouse monoclonal antibodies and a r ... | 2007 | 17823388 |
| concurrent swine erysipelas and clostridium novyi infections associated with sow mortality in outdoor sows in kenya. | a sudden increase in sow mortality was reported from a large outdoor pig-breeding unit in kenya. the sows showed pyrexia and diamond shaped to confluent skin lesions ante-mortem. gross pathological examination of the carcases was performed and organ samples (heart, liver, kidney, spleen, mandible lymph nodes) were sent for further diagnostic investigation. based upon the clinical, gross- and microscopic-pathological signs, bacteriological findings and toxin testing, concurrent infection with ery ... | 2007 | 16516510 |
| efficacy of oral vaccination against swine erysipelas in growing-finishing pigs in a clinically infected slovakian pig herd. | in a large slovakian growing-finishing pig production unit, the effects of oral vaccination against swine erysipelas (se) were investigated in three groups of pigs of 10 weeks of age. in group 1, the pigs were vaccinated intramuscularly at 1 and 3 weeks after arrival in the growing-finishing barn using an erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacterin. group 2 pigs were vaccinated at the same time as group 1 using an oral avirulent live se vaccine administered through drinking water; the pigs in the thir ... | 2007 | 16249105 |
| evaluation of pyelonephritis in culled indoor and outdoor high parity sows. | the present trial was conducted in hungary in neighboring large indoor and outdoor pig production units, belonging to the same breeding company. rejected kidneys from 201 (out of 241; 83.4%) outdoor, and 191 (out of 512, 37.3%) indoor high parity sows, with previous history of recidiving postparturient fever and excessive postparturient vulvovaginal discharge were gross pathologically bacteriologically, and histologically evaluated. all rejected kidneys revealed chronic pyelonephritis. in outdoo ... | 2008 | 18265757 |
| bioreactor aeration conditions modulate growth and antigen expression during erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae cultivation. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, the causative agent of swine erysipelas, was cultivated in a 5-l stirred and aerated bioreactor under different dissolved oxygen tensions (0%, 5%, and 30% of saturation) for evaluation of the influence of oxygen on cell growth as well as on the production of the main antigenic component of the vaccine against erysipelas, a 64-69 kda protein (spaa). the microorganism presented different growth profiles for different aeration conditions. however, at the end of the bat ... | 2008 | 18324397 |
| [native tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae]. | 2008 | 18355430 | |
| [cloning and expression of n-terminal protective domain of spaa gene from erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae c43311]. | the spaa gene was amplified by pcr from the genomic dna of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae c43311 strain, and inserted into the pmd18-t vector and then sequenced. the n-terminal protective domain of the spaa gene was amplified by pcr from the recombinant plasmid pmd18-spaa, then cloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pgex-6p-2 and expressed in e. coli bl21 (de3) by iptg induction. the expressed protein was identified by sds-page and western blot. the sequence analyses showed that the coding ... | 2008 | 18438003 |
| differentiation of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strains by nucleotide sequence analysis of a hypervariable region in the spaa gene: discrimination of a live vaccine strain from field isolates. | erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae causes erysipelas in swine and is considered a reemerging disease contributing substantially to economic losses in the swine industry. since an attenuated live vaccine was commercialized in 1974 in japan, outbreaks of acute septicemia or subacute urticaria of erysipelas have decreased dramatically. in contrast, a chronic form of erysipelas found during meat inspections in slaughterhouses has been increasing. in this study, a new strain-typing method was developed bas ... | 2008 | 18460622 |