| [pig urinary tract infection with corynebacterium suis: diagnosis by means of immunofluorescence]. | | 1976 | 1006295 |
| phylogenetic evidence for the transfer of eubacterium suis to the genus actinomyces as actinomyces suis comb. nov. | the 16s rrna primary structures of eubacterium suis dsm 20639t (t = type strain) and bifidobacterium bifidum dsm 20456t were determined by sequencing in vitro amplified rdna. sequence comparisons indicated that b. bifidum is moderately related to representatives of the genera actinomyces and mobiluncus. the closest relative of e. suis is actinomyces pyogenes. e. suis and a. pyogenes are more closely related phylogenetically to one another than to the other actinomyces species that have been inve ... | 1992 | 1371060 |
| [corynebacterium suis infections in swine. 2. morphological findings in the urinary tract with special reference to the bladder]. | morphological investigations of the urethra, urinary bladder (2 localizations), ureter, renal pelvis and kidneys were performed in sows with corynebacterium suis infection. the first stages of the disease were characterized by changes of the transitional epithelium in the bladder where epithelial vacuolisation, goblet cell differentiation, leucocytic infiltrations, and haemorrhages occurred. in chronically affected animals different stages of a mucopurulent, partly erosive to ulcerative cystitis ... | 1990 | 2080504 |
| evaluation of four commercial anaerobic systems for identification of eubacterium suis. | four commercial anaerobic systems (cass) were evaluated for usefulness in identification of eubacterium suis. twelve strains were evaluated in each system in triplicate, and results were interpreted independently by 5 individuals. statistically significant differences (p less than 0.01) due to strain variation and reader interpretation accounted for discrepancies encountered. the reactivity, repeatability, and unique profiles generated made both cas-1 and cas-2 suitable adjuncts for identificati ... | 1990 | 2095281 |
| [comparative studies of the detection of corynebacterium suis infections in swine by indirect immunofluorescence and culture]. | in a comparative study 47 urine samples of sows and 9 swabs of preputial diverticulum of boars were investigated for detection of corynebacterium suis (eubacterium suis) using an indirect immunofluorescent technique, a gram stained preparation, a direct culture technique and a culture technique after enrichment. examinations show that the indirect immunofluorescent technique and the enriched culture technique provide the best results, but that the fluorescent technique saves time and expenses. a ... | 1990 | 2206124 |
| [corynebacterium suis infection in swine. 1. clinical diagnosis with special consideration of urine studies and cystoscopy]. | experimental and spontaneous infections with corynebacterium suis in sows were investigated. in early stages animals show no clinical disorders or only for a short time. however, there are already marked changes in urinary samples (hematuria, proteinuria, leukocyturia, gross alterations). using an endoscope mucosal irritations can be seen mainly on the floor of the bladders. in chronic cases alterations in urine are more pronounced. if a pyelonephritis is present in addition to the cystitis, gen ... | 1990 | 2219105 |
| isolation of eubacterium suis from sows with cystitis. | eubacterium suis was isolated from the bladders of 3 of 64 sows (4.7%) examined at slaughter. two of the sows had cystitis similar to other descriptions of e suis infections in sows. there was no histologic evidence of cystitis in the third sow from which e suis was recovered. in all 3 instances, a mixed infection was present. other bacteria present were predominantly gram-positive organisms. eubacterium suis cystitis may be more prevalent than previously suspected. the special culture condition ... | 1989 | 2808100 |
| haemagglutinating and hydrophobic properties of corynebacterium (eubacterium) suis. | | 1986 | 2886018 |
| [pyelocystitis in breeding sows]. | pyelocystitis results from ascending infection of the urinary tract with corynebacterium suis in sows. infection occurs regularly during coitus by healthy boars, which are often contaminated with corynebacterium suis. characteristic clinical signs of pyelocystitis are haematuria, anemia and emaciation. the whole urinary tract shows severe purulent-necrotic inflammation with progressive vascular lesions. diagnosis is based on clinical, pathological and bacteriological findings. distinct changes i ... | 1987 | 3321562 |
| porcine abortion caused by actinomyces suis. | | 1988 | 3407105 |
| first isolation of corynebacterium suis in hong kong. | | 1972 | 4561116 |
| letter: pyelonephritis and cystitis in sows associated with corynebacterium suis. | | 1973 | 4784198 |
| a case of infectious cystitis and pyelonephritis of swine caused by corynebacterium suis. | | 1966 | 6010034 |
| the carriage of corynebacterium suis in male pigs. | this investigation was designed to determine the prevalence of corynebacterium suis in the preputial diverticulum of pigs of various age groups, located in different parts of the u.k., and to demonstrate whether the organism is transmissible between male pigs. c. suis was isolated from almost 90% of 224 adult males, distributed among 25 pig units in widely separated regions of the country and in 96% of 66 pigs aged 5-6 months originating from six different herds in east anglia. the rate of isola ... | 1984 | 6501882 |
| isolation of corynebacterium suis from the prepuce of boars. | a survey for prevalence of corynebacterium suis infection in boars was conducted on a minnesota farm and at a slaughter plant. preputial swab specimens were streaked onto columbia colistin-nalidixic blood agar to which metronidazole (50 mg/l) had been added. of 97 boars surveyed at a slaughterhouse, 32 (32.9%) were culture-positive, whereas 23 of 38 (60.5%) boars from 1 farm were culture-positive. the lower isolation rate at a slaughterhouse was attributed to the fact that these boars ejaculated ... | 1983 | 6618967 |
| nutritional and metabolic features of eubacterium suis. | we studied the nutritional and metabolic features of eubacterium suis, an anaerobic animal pathogen that causes cystitis and pyelonephritis in pigs. peptone-yeast extract-starch (pys) medium, which contained trypticase (bbl microbiology systems), yeast extract, starch, minerals, cysteine, and sodium carbonate, was shown to support excellent growth of this organism (absorbance at 600 nm = 1.8). growth was considerably less (absorbance at 600 nm = 0.6) when the starch in the medium was replaced by ... | 1982 | 6808018 |
| [studies on the prevalence of corynebacterium suis in wild boars and domestic pigs in the federal republic of germany (author's transl)]. | | 1982 | 7044746 |
| a selective medium for the isolation of corynebacterium suis. | | 1982 | 7100659 |
| [serologic examinations for the detection of antibodies against eubacterium suis in swine]. | determination of antibodies against eubacterium suis (e. suis) in the serum of pigs was carried out by an indirect immunofluorescence test. therefore 35 sows with urinary tract infections as well as 43 healthy control sows were investigated. e. suis could be detected in the urine of 19 sows. serological results were compared with the bacteriological examinations. to reach a specificity of 100% for detection of animals actually infected with e. suis, titres from 1:16++ can be accepted as positive ... | 1995 | 7660097 |
| [scanning electron microscopic studies of the urinary bladder of sows with special reference to a eubacterium suis infection]. | scanning electron microscopy was performed on bladder biopsies from 20 sows with cystitis. results were compared with those of healthy control animals. biopsy specimens were taken from nine sows infected only with commensal bacteria (e. coli, streptococci, staphylococci) and from 11 sows, where eubacterium suis (e. suis) was involved in urinary tract infection and had caused a haemorrhagic cystitis. increased losses of normal superficial cells covered with microplicae could be seen depending on ... | 1994 | 7985429 |
| studies on the prevalence of eubacterium suis in boars on farms in brazil, portugal and argentina by indirect immunofluorescence technique. | the main habitat of eubacterium suis (e. suis) is the preputial diverticulum of male pigs. e. suis can be transmitted from boars to the vestibule of sows at the time of mating and ascending urinary tract infections in sows may result. a total of 195 swabs of the preputial diverticulum was collected for prevalence studies of e. suis infections in adult breeding males on brazilian (n = 96 boars), portuguese (n = 78 boars) and argentinian (n = 21 boars) farms. the fixed smears were stored at 4 degr ... | 1993 | 8306860 |
| bacterial flora of the urinary tract of pigs associated with cystitis and pyelonephritis. | twenty-three cases of porcine cystitis and pyelonephritis were examined bacteriologically. eubacterium suis was found in 21 cases. the isolation of large numbers of escherichia coli in the upper urinary tract was associated with linear renal scarring. an unidentifiable streptococcus and enterococcus faecalis were isolated from a case of purulent ureteritis, pyelitis and pyelonephritis. the bacterial flora from cases of cystitis and pyelonephritis was different from that isolated from sows with a ... | 1993 | 8337800 |
| molecular taxonomic studies of actinomyces-like bacteria isolated from purulent lesions in pigs and description of actinomyces hyovaginalis sp. nov. | the 16s rrna gene sequence of some actinomyces-like bacteria isolated from purulent lesions in pigs was determined. a comparative analysis of the rrna sequence data revealed that the bacteria are members of the genus actinomyces, but are phylogenetically distinct from actinomyces suis. on the basis of our findings and the results of previous phenotypic studies it is formally proposed that the bacteria from pigs should be designated a new species, actinomyces hyovaginalis. | 1993 | 8347506 |
| clinical, and light and electron microscopical findings in sows with cystitis. | the clinical findings, and urinary and morphological changes in the urinary bladder were investigated in 25 sows with a urinary tract infection. eubacterium suis was isolated from 12 of the sows but not from the other 13. the clinical signs did not always correlate with the morphological changes. the only clinical sign indicating the beginning of cystitis appeared to be a significant bacteriuria. other urinary changes occurred later when the inflammatory processes were more severe. in contrast w ... | 1995 | 8540207 |
| the first isolation of eubacterium suis in hungary. | eubacterium suis was isolated from the preputium of seven out of 16 mature boars on two farms and from the urinary bladder of one out of five sows originating from a third herd. the morphological and biochemical characteristics of the isolated strains were identical to that of the reference strain of e. suis attc 33144. three out of four strains isolated from farm a were successfully subcultured aerobically, and then anaerobically again. e. suis together with proteus mirabilis was isolated from ... | 1997 | 9451944 |
| "actinobaculum massiliae," a new species causing chronic urinary tract infection. | we report on a new actinobaculum species, "actinobaculum massiliae," isolated from the urine of an elderly woman with recurrent cystitis. its phenotypic pattern was similar to those of both of the other actinobaculum species described to date. on 16s rrna sequencing, the marseille isolate shared 95% homology with actinobaculum suis, 92 to 93% homology with actinobaculum schaalii, 91 to 92% homology with arcanobacterium spp., and 87 to 90% homology with actinomyces species. a bootstrap value of 9 ... | 2002 | 12409355 |
| in vitro sensitivity of hungarian actinobaculum suis strains to selected antimicrobials. | in vitro antimicrobial sensitivity of 12 hungarian isolates and the type strain atcc 33144 of actinobaculum suis to different antimicrobial compounds was determined both by the agar dilution and by the disc diffusion method. by agar dilution, mic50 values in the range of 0.05-3.125 micrograms/ml were determined for penicillin, ampicillin, ceftiofur, doxycycline, tylosin, pleuromutilins, chloramphenicol, florfenicol, enrofloxacin and lincomycin. the mic50 value of oxytetracycline and spectinomyci ... | 2003 | 12688126 |
| actinobaculum urinale sp. nov., from human urine. | a hitherto undescribed actinomyces-like bacterium was isolated from human urine. based on its biochemical characteristics, the unidentified bacterium did not correspond to any currently described actinomyces species or related taxa. comparative 16s rrna gene sequencing showed that the unknown bacterium exhibits a specific phylogenetic association with the genus actinobaculum, but a sequence divergence of > 5% from the two currently recognized members of this genus, actinobaculum schaalii and act ... | 2003 | 12807186 |
| actinobaculum suis detection using polymerase chain reaction. | actinobaculum suis is an important agent related to urinary infection in swine females. due to its fastidious growth characteristics, the isolation of this anaerobic bacterium is difficult, thus impairing the estimation of its prevalence. the purpose of this study was to develop and test a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for the detection and identification of a. suis and then compare these results with traditional isolation methods. bacterial isolation and pcr were performed on one hundred and ... | 2012 | 23346017 |
| dissection of the genus actinobaculum: reclassification of actinobaculum schaalii lawson et al. 1997 and actinobaculum urinale hall et al. 2003 as actinotignum schaalii gen. nov., comb. nov. and actinotignum urinale comb. nov., description of actinotignum sanguinis sp. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus actinobaculum and actinobaculum suis; and re-examination of the culture deposited as actinobaculum massiliense ccug 47753t ( = dsm 19118t), revealing that it does not represent a strain of this species. | the remarkable host specificity of the species of the genus actinobaculum led us to recharacterize these species by a polyphasic approach. a comparative chemotaxonomic study including analysis of whole-cell sugars, amino acid composition of the peptidoglycan, fatty acid methyl esters, respiratory quinones and polar lipids revealed significant differences that, in combination with molecular data, support a dissection of the genus actinobaculum. the proposals of this study include the reclassifica ... | 2015 | 25406238 |
| [the prevalence of actinobaculum suis in boars of breeding herds in the omsk region (russian federation) by indirect immunofluorescence technique]. | actinobaculum suis (corynebacterium suis, eubacterium suis, actinomyces suis) was detected in the preputial diverticulum of 64,8% of 162 boars investigated in 8 districts of the region omsk (russian federation) by indirect immunofluorescent technique. until yet no informations were available about the prevalence of actinobaculum (a.) suis in swine herds of the russian federation. the study shows that a. suis, as a main aetiological factor of cystitis and pyelonephritis in sows, is widely spread ... | 2004 | 15032264 |
| microscopic and ultrastructural lesions of the ureter and renal pelvis in sows with regard to actinobaculum suis infection. | tissues from ureter and renal pelvis of 18 sows naturally (n = 15) and experimentally (n = 3) infected with actinobaculum suis (former actinomyces, eubacterium suis) were studied using light and scanning as well as transmission electron microscopy. the results were compared with the findings from 11 clinically healthy sows as controls. the lesions in both the ureter and renal pelvis of naturally and experimentally infected animals were similar. in severe cases there were necrotizing ureteritis a ... | 2002 | 12440789 |
| characterization of some actinomyces-like isolates from human clinical specimens: reclassification of actinomyces suis (soltys and spratling) as actinobaculum suis comb. nov. and description of actinobaculum schaalii sp. nov. | five strains of a hitherto unknown actinomyces-like bacterium were isolated from human clinical sources, including blood cultures. biochemical and chemotaxonomic characterization indicated that the strains were distinct from previously described actinomyces and arcanobacterium species. a comparative 16s rrna gene sequence analysis demonstrated that the undescribed strains constitute a new subline within the actinomyces-arcanobacterium species complex. the closest known relative of the isolates w ... | 1997 | 9226926 |
| [the treatment of eubacterium suis infections in boars]. | the main habitat of eubacterium suis (e. suis) is the preputial diverticulum of male pigs. e. suis can be transmitted from boars to sows at the time of mating, and ascending urinary tract infections (cystitis and pyelonephritis) in sows may develop. in this paper different methods of treatment were investigated to eliminate e. suis from the diverticulum of carrier boars (n = 33). local therapy and feed medication were administered separately or in combination. for local instillation into the pre ... | 1993 | 8368995 |
| [the therapy of urinary tract infections in sows]. | fifteen sows spontaneously infected with eubacterium suis were treated with enrofloxacin and, if necessary, with ampicillin. before and after treatment different blood and urine parameters were determined with regard to renal function and the condition of the urinary bladder was examined by cystoscopy. besides results of a controlled treatment in a breeding herd with a high frequency of urinary tract infections are referred. duration of treatment with appropriate dosage should be at least 10 day ... | 1995 | 7781534 |