Publications by authors named "Riri Hashimoto"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigated the role of vapB-positive Rhodococcus equi in pigs by isolating it from lymph nodes of healthy pigs at a slaughterhouse in Japan, finding a significantly higher occurrence in pigs with visible lesions compared to those without.
- - A total of 57 out of 232 pigs with lymph node lesions were found to be infected with R. equi, with 98.2% of those isolates being vapB-positive, while only 2.4% of pigs without lesions tested positive.
- - Histopathological analysis revealed granulomatous lesions resembling tuberculosis in most specimens from infected lymph nodes, supporting a link between vapB-positive R. equi and these lesions; previous research on this bacteria's
