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Characterization of small-colony variants of Enterococcus faecalis isolated from chickens with amyloid arthropathy.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2008
Petersen Andreas, Chadfield Mark S, Christensen Jens P, Christensen Henrik, Bisgaard Magne
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In this study we report the isolation and characterization of normal-sized and small-colony variants of Enterococcus faecalis from outbreaks of amyloid arthropathy in chickens. Postmortem examinations of 59 chickens revealed orange deposits in the knee joints, typical for amyloid arthropathy. Bacterial cultures from 102 joints and 43 spleens exhibited pure (n = 88) and mixed (n = 11) cultures of normal (n = 60)...
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