RHODOCOCCUS EQUI ✅ Flashcards
Rhodococcus equi causes mainly metritis and urinary tract infections
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Only moderately virulent Rhodococcus equi strains can cause disease in foals.
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Immunocompromised humans are susceptible to Rhodococcus equi.
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Rhodococcus equi can cause aseptic arthritis in young foals.
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Rhodococcus equi can cause a disease mainly in swine:
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Pneumonia of young foals caused by Rhodococcus equi can mainly be seen in summer time:
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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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Rhodococcus equi infection is a notifiable disease.
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Rhodococcus equi can cause pneumonia and lymphadenitis in 6 to 18 months-old foals.
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Rhodococcus equi mainly causes CNS clinical signs in 1-4-month-old foals.
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Rhodococcus equi can cause abscesses.
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Rhodococcus equi can cause lesions only in horses.
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Rhodococcus equi can generally cause disease in foals above 6 months of age.
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Tetracyclines are the primary antibiotics for the treatment of diseases caused by
Rhodococcus equi.
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Rhodococcus equi can cause pneumonia in horses
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Rhodococcus equi can cause disease mainly in foals between 1 and 4 months of age
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Rhodococcus equi can cause lesions in the gut.
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There is widespread vaccination to prevent diseases caused by Rhodococcus equi
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Rhodococcus equi can cause pneumonia in 1-3 years old foals
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Interstitial pneumonia is the main lesion caused by Rhodococcus equi in foals
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Pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi can be successfully treated with colistin
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Rhodococcus equi can cause lesions in humans.
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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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Rhodococcus equi can cause only pneumonia in foals.
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Equine herpesvirus-2 can predispose horses to pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi
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Rhodococcus equi can cause suppurative bronchopneumonia in foals
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Bronchopneumonia caused by R. equi is typically seen in foals between 1 and 4 months of
age.
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Combination of Rifampicin and Macrolides antibiotics is used for the treatment of
bronchopneumonia caused by R. equi.
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Rhodococcus equi can cause pneumonia in foals of 5-6 months of age.
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Pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi is a chronic disease.
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Serous pneumonia is caused by Rhodococcus Equi.
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Pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi is treated with penicillin.
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Rhodococcus equi can cause clinical signs in humans.
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R. equi causes pneumonia in foals aged 6-8 months.
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R. equi pneumonia is transmitted from foal to foal
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R. equi causes severe catarrhal pneumonia.
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Pneumonia caused by R. equi can be treated with rifampicin and erythromycin for 4-5 days
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R. equi is an obligate anaerobic bacterium.
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R. equi causes high mortality in infected foals.
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R. equi can cause ulcerative enteritis.
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Rhodococcus equi is usually seen during the winter
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R. equi causes pneumonia with large abscesses.
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R. equi pneumonia can be treated with rifampicin and erythromycin for 4-10 weeks.
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Foals suffering from Rhodococcus equi can be treated with any antibiotic.
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Pneumonia caused by R. equi is a fast spreading acute disease.
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Many of the clinically sick animals recover after treatment for R. equi infection.
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R. equi pneumonia is transmitted by inhalation of contaminated dust.
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R. equi cause purulent pneumonia.
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