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Molecular epidemiology of virulent Rhodococcus equi from foals in Brazil: virulence plasmids of 85-kb type I, 87-kb type I, and a new variant, 87-kb type III.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2005
Ribeiro Márcio Garcia, Seki Izumi, Yasuoka Kaori, Kakuda Tsutomu, Sasaki Yukako, Tsubaki Shiro, Takai Shinji
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the prevalence of virulent Rhodococcus equi in clinical isolates from 41 foals (19 sporadic and seven endemic cases) in Brazil between 1991 and 2003. Of the 41 virulent isolates, six contained an 85-kb type I plasmid, 33 contained an 87-kb type I plasmid, both of which have been found in isolates from the Americas, and the remaining two contained a new variant, which did not display the EcoRI,...
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