International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM.
Publisher:
Urban & Fischer Verlag,
Frequency: Eight no. a year
Country: Germany
Language: English
Author(s):
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie.
Start Year:2000 -
ISSN:
1438-4221 (Print)
1618-0607 (Electronic)
1438-4221 (Linking)
1618-0607 (Electronic)
1438-4221 (Linking)
Impact Factor
4.1
2022
| NLM ID: | 100898849 |
| (OCoLC): | 44107614 |
| Classification: | W1 IN769RP |
Risk factors for MRSA infection in companion animals: results from a case-control study within Germany. Increasing numbers of companion animals suffering from infections with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been reported in the recent past. These infections are of particular concern because of the limited treatment options for MRSA and their transferability to humans. Since MRSA lineages isolated from infected companion animals often mirror typical human epidemic strains circulating in the same region, successful strategies to combat MRSA need strong and coordinated efforts from both, the human and the veterinary field according to the "One Health" concept. Hence, to iden...
Immunogenicity of synthetic Rhodococcus equi virulence-associated protein peptides in neonate foals. Rhodococcus equi infection is considered the most common cause of pneumonia in foals less than 6 months of age. Immunization of foals and/or mares may become a procedure of choice for prevention. The present work documents the antibody response of neonate foals to R. equi virulence-associated protein (Vap) vaccine candidate peptides. A mixture of 4 R. equi (ATCC 33701) Vap peptides was selected based on their hydrophilicity and recognition by naturally acquired IgG antibodies from 13 adult horses and 33 neonate foals from France and Japan. They were combined with a water-based nanoparticular a...
Survey on the subject of equine Lyme borreliosis. According to the results of a questionnaire on equine Lyme borreliosis addressing veterinarians in Germany, the existence of the disease was confirmed by more than half of the 118 participants. Practitioners who regarded Borrelia burgdorferi as a pathogen of horses seemed to be more sensitized in terms of the number of annually diagnosed cases as well as the frequency of occurrence of tick infestation with equine patients or prophylactic treatments against ectoparasites by horse owners. Chronically poor performance and diverse orthopaedic problems were the clinical symptoms most often leading ...
Immune response to vaccines based upon the VapA protein of the horse pathogen, Rhodococcus equi, in a murine model. Rhodococcus equi is a significant pathogen in foals predominantly causing a pyogranulomatous bronchopneumonia. Many vaccine candidates have been tested for the prevention of R. equi disease in foals. However, none of these have been developed for widespread commercial use. Previous studies have shown that a Th1 immune response is imperative for the protection of foals against R. equi disease. In this study a DNA and a protein vaccine based upon the well-characterised R. equi virulence-associated protein VapA were developed. The vaccines were tested in the BALB/c murine model and the results sh...
Granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Swedish dogs and horses. Granulocytic ehrlichiosis is a frequently diagnosed tick-borne disease in Swedish dogs and horses. The infection is caused by a granulocytic Ehrlichia species belonging to the Ehrlichia phagocytophila genogroup. In the acute stage, the disease is mainly characterized as a febrile illness and diagnosis can be confirmed by the demonstration of ehrlichial inclusions in blood granulocytes. Seropositivity in many healthy dogs and horses indicate that the infection also can be transient without clinical signs. The infection can persist in experimentally inoculated animals for months, but to what ext...
Horses and Borrelia: immunoblot patterns with five Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains and sera from horses of various stud farms in Austria and from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Grazing animals are continuously exposed to tick bites. Consequently, one may expect that horses will become infected with the various pathogens carried by ticks including Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Whether horses may develop clinical disease due to this pathogen is controversially discussed. We were interested to learn about the infection of horses with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato within one season by studying the dynamics of the humoral immune response in paired blood samples. The majority of horses examined were Lipizzaner from the stud farm in Piber/Steiermark, and from the Spani...