Lawsonia intracellularis
Lawsonia intracellularis is a species of bacterium. It is obligately intracellular and was isolated from intestines of pigs with proliferative enteropathy disease.[1]
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
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| Genus: | Lawsonia |
| Species: | L. intracellularis |
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| Lawsonia intracellularis McOrist et al. 1995 | |
Pathogenicity
Lawsonia intracellularis is highly pathogenic. The species has been associated with outbreaks of bacterial infection-associated protein losing enteropathy in horses.[2][3]
References
- McORIST, S.; Gebhart, C. J.; Boid, R.; Barns, S. M. (1995). "Characterization of Lawsonia intracellularis gen. nov., sp. nov., the Obligately Intracellular Bacterium of Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (4): 820–825. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-4-820. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 7547305.
- McGurrin MK, Vengust M, Arroyo LG, Baird JD (September 2007). "An outbreak of Lawsonia intracellularis infection in a standardbred herd in Ontario". The Canadian Veterinary Journal. 48 (9): 927–30. PMC 1950111. PMID 17966333.
- Bihr TP (January 2003). "Protein-losing enteropathy caused by Lawsonia intracellularis in a weanling foal". The Canadian Veterinary Journal. 44 (1): 65–6. PMC 340023. PMID 12619560.
Further reading
- Vannucci, Fabio A; Pusterla, Nicola; Mapes, Samantha M; Gebhart, Connie (2012). "Evidence of host adaptation in Lawsonia intracellularis infections". Veterinary Research. 43 (1): 53. doi:10.1186/1297-9716-43-53. ISSN 1297-9716. PMC 3443049.
- Husnik, R., et al. "Lawsonia intracellularis in a dog with inflammatory bowel disease." Veterinarni Medicina-UZPI 48 (2003).
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