| streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum subsp. nov., isolated from mastitis in small ruminants. | six isolates of an unknown gram-positive, catalase-negative, chain-forming, coccus-shaped organism isolated from ovine and caprine mastitis were characterized by phenotypic and molecular taxonomic methods. on the basis of cellular morphology and the results of biochemical tests, the organism was tentatively identified as a streptococcal species. comparative 16s rrna gene sequencing studies confirmed that the organism is a member of the genus streptococcus, with streptococcus equi as its closest ... | 2004 | 15545473 |
| fatal streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum infection in a man. | | 2007 | 18258065 |
| fatal canine distemper infection in a pack of african wild dogs in the serengeti ecosystem, tanzania. | in 2007, disease related mortality occurred in one african wild dog (lycaon pictus) pack close to the north-eastern boundary of the serengeti national park, tanzania. histopathological examination of tissues from six animals revealed that the main pathologic changes comprised interstitial pneumonia and suppurative to necrotizing bronchopneumonia. respiratory epithelial cells contained numerous eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies and multiple syncytial cells were found throughout the p ... | 2010 | 20684868 |
| characterization of streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum isolated from spotted hyenas (crocuta crocuta) and plains zebras (equus burchelli), and identification of a m-like protein (srm) encoding gene. | thirteen strains of streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum from free-ranging spotted hyenas (crocuta crocuta) and plains zebras (equus burchelli) in tanzania were characterized by biochemical and molecular-biological methods. although the colony appearance of the s.e. ruminatorum wildlife strains differed from that of the s.e. ruminatorum type strain cect 5772(t), all biochemical reactions of the wildlife strains were similar to those of the type strain. in addition, all wildlife strains produced ... | 2008 | 17997053 |
| real-time pcr for detection and differentiation of streptococcus equi subsp. equi and streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. | strangles is a contagious equine disease caused by streptococcus equi subsp. equi. in this study, clinical strains of s. equi (n=24) and streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus (n=24) were genetically characterized by sequencing of the 16s rrna and soda genes in order to devise a real-time pcr system that can detect s. equi and s. zooepidemicus and distinguish between them. sequencing demonstrated that all s. equi strains had the same 16s rrna sequence, whereas s. zooepidemicus strains could be ... | 2007 | 17531409 |
| second reported case of human infection with streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum. | the field of zoonoses changes constantly. streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum is a group c streptococcus subspecies first identified in 2004. the first case of human infection with this agent was reported in 2007. here, we report a second case. a 70-year-old man had acute spondylodiscitis and endocarditis involving the anterior mitral valve leaflet. s. equi subsp. ruminatorum was identified in the blood cultures. antibiotic therapy was successful in eradicating the infection. the workup showed ... | 2011 | 21273109 |