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Tipo: Artigo
Título: Antimicrobial resistance, biofilm formation and virulence reveal Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strains' pathogenicity complexity
Autor(es): Pereira, Monalessa Fábia
Rossi, Ciro César
Seide, Larissa Eler
Martins Filho, Sebastião
Dolinski, Cláudia de Melo
Bazzolli, Denise Mara Soares
Abstract: Porcine pleuropneumonia is an important cause of lowered productivity and economic loss in the pig industry worldwide, associated primarily with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection. Its colonization and persistence within the upper respiratory tract of affected pigs depends upon interactions between a number of genetically controlled virulence factors, such as pore-forming repeats-in-toxin exoproteins, biofilm formation, and antimicrobial resistance. This study investigated correlations between biofilm-forming capacity, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence of A. pleuropneumoniae obtained from clinical outbreaks of disease, using a Galleria mellonella alternative infection model. Results suggest that virulence is diverse amongst the 21 strains of A. pleuropneumoniae examined and biofilm formation correlated with genetic control of antimicrobial resistance.
Palavras-chave: Porcine pleuropneumonia
Pasteurellaceae
Galleria mellonella
Editor: Research in Veterinary Science
Tipo de Acesso: Elsevier Ltd.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2018.05.003
http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/21489
Data do documento: Jun-2018
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