Development of septic polysynovitis and uveitis in foals experimentally infected with Rhodococcus equi.

Rhodococcus equi is one of the most important causes of disease in foals. Infection is typically characterized by pyogranulomatous pneumonia although extrapulmonary infections occur occasionally. Uveitis and polysynovitis have been reported in foals naturally infected with R. equi and are thought to...

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Main Authors: Laura Huber, Steeve Giguère, Londa J Berghaus, Amanda Hanafi, Sarah Vitosh-Sillman, Sarah L Czerwinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5802921?pdf=render