A prominent characteristic of most catadioptric sensors is their lack of “uniformity of resolution”. While several sensors previously appearing in the literature have been described as “equi-resolution”, this is not the case, because they do not incorporate the concept of solid angle. We describe catadioptric sensors whose associated projections from the viewing sphere to the image plane are ar...

Rhodococcus equi is an unusual zoonotic pathogen that can cause life-threatening diseases in susceptible hosts. Twelve patients with R. equi infection in Kentucky were compared to 137 cases reported in the literature. Although lungs were the primary sites of infection in immunocompromised patients, extrapulmonary involvement only was more common in immunocompetent patients (P < 0.0001). Mortali...

We investigated the prevalence of virulent Rhodococcus equi in clinical isolates from 69 sporadic cases (60 men, 8 women, and 1 patient of unknown sex) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, between 1993 and 2001. Fifty were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive, 3 were HIV negative, and HIV status was unknown for 16. Fifty-two (75%) of 69 isolates were strains of intermediate virulence that contained ...

00 It x = S QnIf» m addition, the projections Pn = £ Q,are equicontinuous, then n = 1 « = 1 (£n)^°=1 is said to be an equi-Schauder decomposition of E. It is obvious that a Schauder basis is equivalent to a Schauder decomposition in which each subspace is one-dimensional, and that it is equi-Schauder if and only if the corresponding decomposition is equi-Schauder. For more information on Schaud...

O presente relato de caso trata-se um equino, fêmea, 6 anos, raça crioulo, 400 kg, que foi atendido no setor Clínica e Cirurgia Grandes Animais da Universidade Federal Santa Catarina, apresentando lesão supurativa próximo à região temporomandibular. Na avaliação clínica observou-se edema unilateral moderado na articulação temporomandibular (ATM) direita, ponto drenagem exsudato purulento. diagn...

The minimal concentrations of 26 antimicrobial agents required to inhibit growth of 100 isolates of Corynebacterium equi in vitro have been determined. The most active agents were penicillin G, doxycycline, erythromycin, lincomycin, and the aminoglycosides.

We report the experimental transmission of Ehrlichia equi from naturally infected Ixodes pacificus ticks to horses. Three weeks after exposure to ticks, two of three horses developed clinical signs compatible with E. equi infection, while one horse remained asymptomatic. 16S rRNA gene PCR of blood leukocyte lysates was positive for all horses at various time points; two horses seroconverted. Th...

Comments/Suggestions to: Michelle Kryska [email protected] Equine infectious respiratory disease is common worldwide, is often contagious, and is caused by several viruses and bacteria. Fever, cough, nasal discharge, and lethargy are signs of respiratory disease. Infectious respiratory disease in horses is seen in all months of the year, but it is most commonly encountered in the months of ...

More than 100 cases of Rhodococcus equi infection have been reported since the first description of human disease caused by this organism. The vast majority of patients infected with R. equi are immunocompromised, and two-thirds have human immunodeficiency virus infection. The clinical manifestations of R. equi infection are diverse, although 80% of patients have some pulmonary involvement. The...

The objective of this study is to investigate the seroprevalence of equine piroplasmosis in China. A total of 1990 sera were collected from clinically healthy horses in various districts located in ten different provinces of China and examined by using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) with recombinant Theileria equi (T. equi) merozoite antigen 2 (rEMA-2) and Babesia caballi ...