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| Author(s): |
Tania Alen Coutinho
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2010-06-24 |
| Examining board members: |
Andréa Micke Moreno;
David Emilio Santos Neves de Barcellos;
Roberto Maurício Carvalho Guedes;
Leonardo José Richtzenhain;
Jorge Timenetsky
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| Advisor: | Andréa Micke Moreno |
| Abstract | |
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is an important pathogen in swine production and even with the frequent use of vaccines against it in most of Brazilian pig farms, the occurrence of clinical manifestations of its infection has been widely observed and diagnosed. Given the resurgence of this agent as a cause of economic losses to the national pig industry and its potential risk to public health, this study aimed to characterize 151 samples of Erysipelothrix spp. isolated from swine in last 30 years by serotyping, determination of antimicrobial susceptibility, AFLP and PFGE. Among the 151 isolates, 139 were classified in 18 different serotypes (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 24 and 25) and serotype 2b was the most frequent. The susceptibility profiles were very similar among the isolates, which precluded the subtyping of Erysipelothrix spp. isolates by sensitivity tests. Among the primers tested in AFLP, the HI-G was the most suitable for molecular typing of Erysipelothrix spp. Despite AFLP/HI-G and PFGE provided the same discriminatory index (0.98), PFGE presented better relationship with epidemiological data than AFLP/HI-G, given the types of groups generated by it. Regardless of the molecular technique employed, there was no discrimination between recent and historical isolates as well as a fixed epidemiological pattern of grouping them. Nevertheless AFLP/HI-G could be an interesting alternative for Erysipelothrix species discrimination, even as PFGE has a good potential to diferenciate this genus according to serotypes. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 06/55502-7 - Characterization of Erysipelothrix spp. strains isolated from swine in last 30 years |
| Grantee: | Tania Alen Coutinho |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |