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7752607

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
Distribution of Corynebacterium kutscheri was determined in 41 rats housed in a conventionally managed colony that were infected naturally and subclinically. At 2, 5, 10, 20 and 25 months after initial isolation of C. kutscheri, attempts were made to isolate C. kutscheri from 17 sites, with a new selective medium, FNC agar. In total, the prevalence (97.6%) of C. kutscheri isolation was significantly (P < 0.001) higher than the frequency (70.7%) of antibody detection. None of the rats manifested any distinct clinical signs of disease and macroscopic lesions caused by C. kutscheri were not detected. In 40 rats with subclinical infection, the organisms were most frequently isolated from the oral cavity, esophagus, cecal contents, and colon and rectum (> 95.0%). The isolation rate was next highest in the trachea, submaxillary lymph nodes, and nasal cavity (47.5 to 52.5%). The organisms hardly colonized the lung, liver, and kidney. Mean numbers of organisms found in the esophagus, cecal contents, and colon and rectum ranged from 10(3.9) to 10(4.2) CFU/g, and were significantly (P < 0.05, P < 0.01) high in comparison with those in the lung. These results indicated that many healthy rats in the naturally infected colony harbored C. kutscheri, and the organisms colonized the oral cavity, esophagus, cecal contents, and colon and rectum most frequently.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0023-6764
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Natural and subclinical Corynebacterium kutscheri infection in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Laboratory Animal Science, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article