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Septicemic Actinobacillus suis infection in a neonatal piglet with multifocal necrotic glossitis.

ABSTRACT: Five-day-old neonatal piglets presented with debilitation and ananastasia. At the necropsy of one piglet, the apex of the tongue was found to be discolored dark red, and disseminated white foci were found on the cut surface. Many white foci were also found in the lungs and on the serosa of the liver and spleen. Histopathological findings revealed multifocal necrotic glossitis and pneumonia with Gram-negative bacilli. The bacilli were identified as Actinobacillus suis through immunohistochemical, biochemical, and genetic tests, including 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Although A. suis usually causes inflammation in thoracic and abdominal organs, lesions were also found in the tongue in the present case. This study is the first report of glossitis caused by A. suis.

SUBMITTER: Sugie K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6395219 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Septicemic Actinobacillus suis infection in a neonatal piglet with multifocal necrotic glossitis.

Sugie Kennosuke K Komatsu Tetsuya T Watando Eri E Inaba Nanami N Kato Kiyoko K Takamatsu Daisuke D Ito Hiroya H Shibahara Tomoyuki T

The Journal of veterinary medical science 20190101 2

Five-day-old neonatal piglets presented with debilitation and ananastasia. At the necropsy of one piglet, the apex of the tongue was found to be discolored dark red, and disseminated white foci were found on the cut surface. Many white foci were also found in the lungs and on the serosa of the liver and spleen. Histopathological findings revealed multifocal necrotic glossitis and pneumonia with Gram-negative bacilli. The bacilli were identified as Actinobacillus suis through immunohistochemical, ...[more]

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Septicemic Actinobacillus suis infection in a neonatal piglet with multifocal necrotic glossitis.

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Septicemic Actinobacillus suis infection in a neonatal piglet with multifocal necrotic glossitis.

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