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Monitoring of inflammatory blood biomarkers in foals with Rhodococcus Equi pneumonia during antimicrobial treatment.
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Journal of equine veterinary science [J Equine Vet Sci] 2024 Jul; Vol. 138, pp. 105103. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 24. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Rhodococcus equi (R. equi), a gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen, is a common cause of pneumonia in foals and represents a major cause of disease and death. The aim of the present study was to investigate the time-depended changes in White Blood Cells (WBC), basophils (Baso), neutrophils (Neu), lymphocytes (Lymf), monocytes (Mon), eosinophils (Eos), platelet (PLT) counts, fibrinogen (Fbg) concentration, interferon (IFN-α, IFN-γ) and interleukins (IL-2 and IL-10) in foals with clinical R. equi pneumonia. The main treatment was with azithromycin-rifampicin for 14 days. Blood was sampled prior to, 7 and 14 days after starting therapy. Treatment was associated with significantly decreased counts of WBC, (25.6 ± 6.7 and 14.2 ± 2,7 × 10 <superscript>3</superscript> /ml), Neu (18.6 ±6.2 and 10.7 ± 3.1 × 10 <superscript>3</superscript> /ml), Mon (1.5 ± 0.5 and 0.9 ± 0.2 × 10 <superscript>3</superscript> /ml) and Fbg (539 ± 124 and 287 ± 26 g/dl) between day 0 and day 14. IL-2 and IL-10 concentrations were significantly increased (P = 0.028, P = 0.013, respectively) after treatment, whereas IFN-α and IFN-γ concentrations were not. The diagnostic potentials of INF-α, INF-γ, IL-2 and IL-10 per se seems not very high, however, the study suggests that the activity change of selected interleukins in the course of the disease may be associated with amelioration. We concluded that patterns of serum concentration changes of INF-α, INF-γ, IL-2 and IL-10 may help in the study of the innate immune response in foals during infection and treatment of R. equi pneumonia.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None.<br /> (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Animals
Horses blood
Pneumonia, Bacterial drug therapy
Pneumonia, Bacterial veterinary
Pneumonia, Bacterial blood
Pneumonia, Bacterial immunology
Pneumonia, Bacterial microbiology
Azithromycin therapeutic use
Female
Male
Rhodococcus equi
Horse Diseases blood
Horse Diseases drug therapy
Horse Diseases microbiology
Horse Diseases immunology
Actinomycetales Infections veterinary
Actinomycetales Infections drug therapy
Actinomycetales Infections blood
Actinomycetales Infections immunology
Actinomycetales Infections microbiology
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Biomarkers blood
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0737-0806
- Volume :
- 138
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of equine veterinary science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38797250
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2024.105103