Mycoplasma alkalescens demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage of cattle in Denmark
Mycoplasma alkalescens is an arginine-metabolizing mycoplasma, which has been found in association with mastitis and arthritis in cattle. Routine bacteriological examination of 17 bronchoalveolar lavage samples from calves with pneumonia in a single herd in Denmark, identified M. alkalescens in eigh...
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pubmed-17663612007-01-11 Mycoplasma alkalescens demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage of cattle in Denmark Kokotovic, Branko Friis, Niels F Ahrens, Peter Brief Communication Mycoplasma alkalescens is an arginine-metabolizing mycoplasma, which has been found in association with mastitis and arthritis in cattle. Routine bacteriological examination of 17 bronchoalveolar lavage samples from calves with pneumonia in a single herd in Denmark, identified M. alkalescens in eight samples. The organism was found as a sole bacterilogical findings in five of the samples as well as in combination with Mannheimia haemolytica, Haemophilus somni and Salmonella Dublin. This is the first report of isolation of M. alkalescens in Denmark. BioMed Central 2007-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC1766361/ /pubmed/17204146 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-49-2 Text en Copyright © 2007 Kokotovic et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Mycoplasma alkalescens demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage of cattle in Denmark |
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Mycoplasma alkalescens demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage of cattle in Denmark |
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Mycoplasma alkalescens demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage of cattle in Denmark |
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Mycoplasma alkalescens demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage of cattle in Denmark |
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Mycoplasma alkalescens demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage of cattle in Denmark |
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mycoplasma alkalescens demonstrated in bronchoalveolar lavage of cattle in denmark |
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Mycoplasma alkalescens is an arginine-metabolizing mycoplasma, which has been found in association with mastitis and arthritis in cattle. Routine bacteriological examination of 17 bronchoalveolar lavage samples from calves with pneumonia in a single herd in Denmark, identified M. alkalescens in eight samples. The organism was found as a sole bacterilogical findings in five of the samples as well as in combination with Mannheimia haemolytica, Haemophilus somni and Salmonella Dublin. This is the first report of isolation of M. alkalescens in Denmark. |
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