In Vivo Contactless, Cellular-Resolution Imaging of the Healthy and Pathological Human Limbus With 250-kHz Point-Scanning SD-OCT.

Purpose: To demonstrate that high-seed, ultra-high-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) technology can image in vivo fine morphological features in the healthy and pathological human limbus.

Methods: A compact, fiberoptic SD-OCT system was developed for imaging the human limbus. It combines ∼1.

Genomics Insights into Causing Infection in a Cat with Pyogranulomatous Dermatitis and Panniculitis.

(homotypic synonym: ) represents an ungrouped thermotolerant rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) species occasionally associated with infections and disease in humans. In this report, we describe a case of pyogranulomatous dermatitis and panniculitis due to in an immunocompetent adult cat. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first report of infection in animals.

Genomics insights into a isolate causing tuberculosis in a captive South American sea lion () from Italy.

Tuberculosis (TB) affects humans and other animals, and it is caused by bacteria within the complex (MTBC). In this study, we report the characterisation of that caused a TB case in a sea lion () kept in an Italian zoo. The animal died due to severe, progressive disorders involving the respiratory and gastro-enteric systems and the skin.

Evidence of structural rearrangements in ESBL-positive pESI(like) megaplasmids of S.Infantis.

The increasing prevalence of pESI(like)-positive, multidrug-resistant (MDR) S. Infantis in Europe is a cause of major concern. As previously demonstrated, the pESI(like) megaplasmid is not only a carrier of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) genes (at least tet, dfr, and sul genes), but also harbours several virulence and fitness genes, and toxin/antitoxin systems that enhance its persistence in the S.

The hazard of carbapenemase (OXA-181)-producing spreading in pig and veal calf holdings in Italy in the genomics era: Risk of spill over and spill back between humans and animals.

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) are considered a major public health issue. In the frame of the EU Harmonized AMR Monitoring program conducted in Italy in 2021, 21 epidemiological units of fattening pigs (6.98%; 95% CI 4.