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Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus isolates from equine infectious endometritis belong to a distinct genetic group

Overview of attention for article published in Veterinary Research, April 2013
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Title
Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus isolates from equine infectious endometritis belong to a distinct genetic group
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Veterinary Research, April 2013
DOI 10.1186/1297-9716-44-26
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Camilla Dooleweerdt Rasmussen, Maria Mathilde Haugaard, Morten Roenn Petersen, Jesper Møller Nielsen, Hanne Gervi Pedersen, Anders Miki Bojesen

Abstract

Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus is the pathogen most commonly isolated from the uterus of mares. S. zooepidemicus is an opportunistic pathogen and part of the resident flora in the caudal reproductive tract. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a genotypically distinct subpopulation of S. zooepidemicus is associated with endometritis in the mare, by genotyping and comparing uterine S. zooepidemicus strains with isolates from the vagina and clitoral fossa. Mares with (n=18) or without (n=11) clinical symptoms of endometritis were included. Uterine samples were obtained using a guarded endometrial biopsy punch, whereas a swab was used to recover samples from the cranial vagina and the clitoral fossa. If S. zooepidemicus was present, up to three colonies were selected from each anatomical location (max. 9 isolates per mare). Bacterial isolates were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). S. zooepidemicus was isolated from the endometrium of 12 mares. A total of 88 isolates were analyzed by PFGE: 31 from the endometrium, 26 from the cranial vagina and 31 isolates from the clitoral fossa. For MLST 21 isolates were chosen. Results demonstrated a higher genetic similarity of the isolates obtained from infectious endometritis compared to isolates obtained from the caudal reproductive tract. In conclusion, we demonstrate for the first time that a genetically distinct group of S. zooepidemicus is associated with infectious endometritis in the mare.

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Unknown 71 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 12 17%
Student > Master 11 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 11%
Researcher 7 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 8%
Other 11 15%
Unknown 16 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 22 31%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 6%
Unspecified 2 3%
Other 4 6%
Unknown 18 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 September 2020.
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#7,960,512
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#375
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#64,770
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Outputs of similar age from Veterinary Research
#5
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