Strangles: Long term carriage of<i>Streptococcus equi</i>in horses

Newton, J. R.; Wood, James L. N.; Chanter, N.

doi:10.1111/j.2042-3292.1997.tb01285.x

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“…Repeated local treatment with concurrent systemic penicillin treatment for 10 days is necessary for refractory cases (Freeman ; Newton et al . ).…”

Section: Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…These outwardly healthy horses ( S. equi carriers) that still shed organisms are the source of infection when introduced into a new population of horses (Newton et al . ,b, ; Verheyen et al . ).…”

Section: Transmission and Immunitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Definitive determination of carrier status requires endoscopic examination of the guttural pouches as well as the combination of PCR testing and culture of guttural pouch fluid (Newton et al . ,b; Verheyen et al . ; Sweeney et al .…”

Section: Diagnosticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Strangles and its complications

Boyle

2016

Equine Veterinary Education

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Summary Strangles, caused by the Gram‐positive bacteria Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (S. equi), is a highly contagious upper respiratory infection in horses. The infection is transmitted by inhalation or direct contact with mucopurulent discharge from an infected animal, resulting in fever, depression, and submandibular and retropharyngeal lymph node enlargement that can lead to respiratory distress. Complications include secondary cellulitis at external abscessation sites, guttural pouch empyema and its persistence into the carrier state, purpura haemorrhagica, metastatic abscessation, emergency tracheostomies and rarely secondary S. equi pneumonia or myositis. Control of outbreaks requires strict isolation protocols and hygiene measures. Detection methods of the index case and carrier state are constantly being refined to assist in the identification and prevention of disease perpetuation.

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“…Repeated local treatment with concurrent systemic penicillin treatment for 10 days is necessary for refractory cases (Freeman ; Newton et al . ).…”

Section: Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Transmission and Immunitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Strangles and its complications

Boyle

2016

Equine Veterinary Education

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“…The infectious material is typically found within the GP, although it is also rarely reported to occur in the sinuses. 25 For this reason, it is of utmost importance to confirm the clearance of infection before returning cases to normal management. Although there is no single validated screening method for persistent shedders, research suggests that samples collected from washing the GPs and/or the pharyngeal area of the upper airway are the most sensitive.…”

Section: Diagnostics: Disease Complicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This effort is in part due to additional attention paid to identification and isolation of nonclinical shedders as a means of controlling disease. 7,25 Classic diagnosis has relied on culture of various samples, ideally purulent discharge collected from an abscess. This methodology relies on adequate infectious material being present to flourish in culture media.…”

Section: Diagnosismentioning

confidence: 99%