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Rhodococcus equi causes mainly metritis and urinary tract infections

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F

  • suppurative pneumonia
  • lymphadenitis
  • abscesses in other organ
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Only moderately virulent Rhodococcus equi strains can cause disease in foals

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F

  • moderately virulent and highly virulent
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Immunocompromised humans are susceptible to Rhodococcus equi.

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T

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Rhodococcus equi can cause aseptic arthritis in young foals.

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T

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Rhodococcus equi can cause a disease mainly in swine

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  • horse ( foals)
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6
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Pneumonia of young foals caused by Rhodococcus equi can mainly be seen in summer time:

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Summer time (May-August)

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1 to 3 months old foals acquire Rhodococcus equi from the dust, so the main route of infection is the inhalation of the dust contaminated with the causative agent.

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T

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Rhodococcus equi infection is a notifiable disease

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F

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9
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Rhodococcus equi can cause pneumonia and lymphadenitis in 6 to 18 months-old foals

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F

1-4 mnt?

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Rhodococcus equi mainly causes CNS clinical signs in 1-4-month-old foal

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F

  • pneumonia
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11
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Rhodococcus equi can cause abscesses.

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T

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Rhodococcus equi can cause lesions only in horses

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F

foals, pigs, and occasionally humans.

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13
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Rhodococcus equi can generally cause disease in foals above 6 months of age.

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F

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Tetracyclines are the primary antibiotics for the treatment of diseases caused by Rhodococcus equi.

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F

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Rhodococcus equi can cause pneumonia in horses

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T

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Rhodococcus equi can cause disease mainly in foals between 1 and 4 months of age.

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17
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Rhodococcus equi can cause lesions in the gut

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Gut:
in the cells of Peyer patches
→ ulcers → ulcerative enteritis → arthritis

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18
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There is widespread vaccination to prevent diseases caused by Rhodococcus equi.

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  • no vaccination
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Rhodococcus equi can cause pneumonia in 1-3 years old foals

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1-4 months

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20
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Interstitial pneumonia is the main lesion caused by Rhodococcus equi in foals

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F

bronchopneumonia

21
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Pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi can be successfully treated with colistin

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F

Rifampicin

22
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Rhodococcus equi can cause lesions in humans

23
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Pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi is typically seen in 1-4 months old foals

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Rhodococcus equi causes interstitial pneumonia in foals

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F

suppurative bronchopneumonia
purulent bronchopneumonia

25
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Rhodococcus equi can cause only pneumonia in foals

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  • abscess
  • purulent bronchopneumonia
  • ulcerative enterocolitis
  • typhilitis
  • purulent lymphadenitis
26
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Equine herpesvirus-2 can predispose horses to pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi.

27
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Rhodococcus equi can cause suppurative bronchopneumonia in foals

28
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Bronchopneumonia caused by R. equi is typically seen in foals between 1 and 4 months of age

29
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Combination of Rifampicin and Macrolides antibiotics is used for the treatment of bronchopneumonia caused by R. equi

30
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Rhodococcus equi can cause pneumonia in foals of 5-6 months of age

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F

1- 4 months

31
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Pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi is a chronic disease

32
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Serous pneumonia is caused by Rhodococcus Equi.

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F

purulent

33
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Pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi is treated with penicillin

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F

Rifampicin + macrolide AB

34
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Rhodococcus equi can cause clinical signs in humans

35
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R. equi causes pneumonia in foals aged 6-8 months

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F

1-4 months

36
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R. equi pneumonia is transmitted from foal to foal

37
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R. equi causes severe catarrhal pneumonia

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F

Chronic, purulent bronchopneumonia

38
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Pneumonia caused by R. equi can be treated with rifampicin and erythromycin for 4-5 days.

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F ( for 4-10 weeks)

can use rifampicin + macrolide AB

  • macrolide :erythromycin, azithoromycin, clarithromycin
39
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R. equi is an obligate anaerobic bacterium

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F

Obligate aerobic

40
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R. equi causes high mortality in infected foals

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f

R. Equi is responsible for:
- 10% of foal mortality
- 45% of pneumonia

Morbidity rate: 5-17%
mortality rate: up to 80%

41
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R. equi can cause ulcerative enteritis

42
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Rhodococcus equi is usually seen during the winter.

43
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R. equi causes pneumonia with large abscesses.

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T

Abscesses in the lung,

44
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R. equi pneumonia can be treated with rifampicin and erythromycin for 4-10 weeks

45
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Foals suffering from Rhodococcus equi can be treated with any antibiotic

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F

macrolide antibiotics:

  • Clarithromycin
  • Azithromycin
  • Eritromicin
46
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Pneumonia caused by R. equi is a fast spreading acute disease

47
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Many of the clinically sick animals recover after treatment for R. equi infection

48
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R. equi pneumonia is transmitted by inhalation of contaminated dust

49
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R. equi cause purulent pneumonia

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Suppurative bronchopneumonia

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