- Pathogen:
- Trueperella pyogenes
- Precautions:
- Standard
- Diagnosis:
- Typical pleomorphic cell morphology in gram-stained smears. Colonial characteristics. The ability of the pathogen to pit a Loeffler's serum slope.
- Pathogen Information:
- Non-motile, non-spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium of the Actinomycetaceae family.
- Epidemiology:
- Usual habitat is the nasopharyngeal mucosa of cattle, sheep and pigs.
- Associated Syndromes:
- Common cause of suppurative lesions in many domestic species, Lymphadenitis, Osteomyelitis, Peritonitis, Neural abscessation, Pyometra, metritis and acute mastitis. In mixed infections, T. pyogenes also occurs in association with anaerobes.
- Additional Information:
- Resource: Quinn, P. J., et al. Concise Review of Veterinary Microbiology, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2015.