Patterson-Kane Janet C, Donahue J Mike, Harrison Lenn R
Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center, Lexington, KY 40511-1280, USA.
J Vet Diagn Invest. 2002 Mar;14(2):157-9. doi: 10.1177/104063870201400211.
Rhodococcus equi is a rare cause of equine abortion. This report describes pyogranulomatous placentitis and fetal pneumonia in a case of abortion from a Thoroughbred mare. Numerous Gram-positive coccobacilli were noted histologically within macrophages in placental and pulmonary lesions. Rhodococcus equi was isolated in pure culture from the placenta, lung, liver, kidney, and stomach content. This is the first description of placentitis due to Rhodococcus equi infection in a horse.
马红球菌是马流产的罕见病因。本报告描述了一例纯种母马流产病例中的脓性肉芽肿性胎盘炎和胎儿肺炎。在胎盘和肺部病变的巨噬细胞内，组织学检查发现大量革兰氏阳性球杆菌。从胎盘、肺、肝、肾和胃内容物中分离出纯培养的马红球菌。这是马因马红球菌感染导致胎盘炎的首次描述。
