| Literature DB >> 12958297 |
Shinji Takai1, Ronald J Martens, Alan Julian, Márcio Garcia Ribeiro, Marconi Rodrigues de Farias, Yukako Sasaki, Kazuho Inuzuka, Tsutomu Kakuda, Shiro Tsubaki, John F Prescott.
Abstract
Nine cat isolates and nine dog isolates of Rhodococcus equi from clinical material were investigated for the presence of the virulence-associated antigens (VapA and VapB) and virulence plasmids. Five of the cat isolates and one dog isolate were VapA positive and contained an 85-kb type I or an 87-kb type I plasmid. The remaining 12 isolates were avirulent R. equi strains and contained no virulence plasmids.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12958297 PMCID: PMC193802 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4468-4470.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948