Subject(s)
Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis , Hemoglobins, Abnormal/analysis , Adult , Child, Preschool , Chromatography, Ion Exchange , Female , Humans , MaleSubject(s)
Corynebacterium pyogenes/metabolism , Corynebacterium/metabolism , Hemolysin Proteins/biosynthesis , Peptococcus/metabolism , Animals , Bacteria/metabolism , Bacteriological Techniques , Cattle , Corynebacterium pyogenes/growth & development , Mastitis, Bovine/microbiology , Microbiological Techniques/veterinary , Peptococcus/growth & development , Species SpecificityABSTRACT
Pc. indolicus was isolated from 42.7% and Cb. pyogenes from 48.7% of 150 pus-samples from abscesses in pigs (slaughter-house material, Table I). In 41 specimens the two organisms were found together. Further, Pc. indolicus was demonstrated in 22.4% of 290 swabs from apparently normal skin and mucous membranes of piglets (autopsy material, Table II). By gel diffusion analysis the strains of Pc. indolicus were referred to the serotypes B, C, D, E, or F. The type distribution (Table III) possibly reflects a type-related variation in the invasive properties of Pc. indolicus.
Subject(s)
Abscess/veterinary , Bacterial Infections/veterinary , Corynebacterium Infections/veterinary , Corynebacterium pyogenes , Corynebacterium , Mucous Membrane/microbiology , Peptococcus , Skin/microbiology , Swine Diseases/microbiology , Abattoirs , Abscess/microbiology , Animals , Bacterial Infections/microbiology , Corynebacterium/isolation & purification , Corynebacterium pyogenes/isolation & purification , Immunodiffusion , Peptococcus/isolation & purification , SwineABSTRACT
Corynebacterium pyogenes was isolated from 22, Peptococcus indolicus from 22, a microaerophilic coccus from 21, Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. melaninogenicus from 18, Fusobacterium necrophorum from 15, and various unidentified anaerobes from 9 of a total of 22 summermastitis secretions examined.