Cutaneous pyogranuloma in a cat caused by virulent Rhodococcus equi containing an 87 kb type I plasmid
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2007-01-01
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Farias, M. R.
Takai, S.
Ribeiro, Márcio Garcia [UNESP]
Fabris, V. E.
Franco, S. R. V. S.
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Blackwell Publishing
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A 2-year-old intact male domestic shorthaired cat presented with a chronic, nodular, ulcerated, cutaneous lesion on the right thoracic limb. Histological and cytological examination revealed a pyogranulomatous inflammation with basophilic organisms in the macrophages. A virulent form of Rhodococcus equi containing an 87 kb type I (VapA) virulence plasmid was identified from cultures of biopsy samples. This report describes the clinicopathological features, plasmid profile and virulence of this case of R equi infection.
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cat, dermatology, bacterial, Rhodococcus, pyogranulomatous
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Australian Veterinary Journal. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, v. 85, n. 1-2, p. 29-31, 2007.