Article
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis: microbiology, biochemical properties, pathogenesis and molecular studies of virulence.
Veterinary research - 1 Jan 2000
Dorella Fernanda Alves, Pacheco Luis Gustavo Carvalho, Oliveira Sergio Costa, Miyoshi Anderson, Azevedo Vasco
Abstract excerpt
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the etiological agent of caseous lymphadenitis (CLA), a common disease in small ruminant populations throughout the world. Once established, this disease is difficult to eradicate because drug therapy is not effective and because the clinical detection of infected animals is of limited efficiency. We reviewed the microbiological, biochemical and taxonomic features of C....
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Corynebacterium Infections
- Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
- Humans
- Mutation
- Phylogeny
- Ruminants
- Virulence