Article
Prevalence of the virulence-associated gene of Rhodococcus equi in isolates from infected foals.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 1997
Haites R E, Muscatello G, Begg A P, Browning G F
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of the plasmid-encoded virulence-associated gene (vapA) of Rhodococcus equi, as determined by PCR, was found to be 98% in isolates from 154 foals with pneumonia, confirming the strong association of vapA with virulence. The vapA genes from 60 representative isolates were compared b...
Topics
- Actinomycetales Infections
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Horse Diseases
- Horses
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Molecular Weight
- Plasmids
- Pneumonia, Bacterial
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Rhodococcus equi
- Virulence
- Virulence Factors