Osteoarticular Infection in Three Young Thoroughbred Horses Caused by a Novel Gram Negative Cocco-Bacillus.

Authors :: Hudson BJ
Chicken C
Blishen A
Todhunter KH
Begg AP
Chan L
Karagiannis T
Raymond B
Bogema D
Adkins AR
O'Sullivan CB
O'Rourke BA
Roy Chowdhury P
Djordjevic SP
Charles IG
Edgar A
Mitsakos K
Source :: Case reports in veterinary medicine [Case Rep Vet Med] 2020 Jan 19; Vol. 2020, pp. 9785861. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jan 19 (Print Publication: 2020).
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: We describe three cases of osteoarticular infection (OAI) in young thoroughbred horses in which the causative organism was identified by MALDI-TOF as Kingella species . The pattern of OAI resembled that reported with Kingella infection in humans. Analysis by 16S rRNA PCR enabled construction of a phylogenetic tree that placed the isolates closer to Simonsiella and Alysiella species , rather than Kingella species . Average nucleotide identity (ANI) comparison between the new isolate and Kingella kingae and Alysiella crassa however revealed low probability that the new isolate belonged to either of these species. This preliminary analysis suggests the organism isolated is a previously unrecognised species.<br />Competing Interests: Authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2020 Bernard J. Hudson et al.)

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