A survey on camel brucellosis in Boushehr province of Iran was carried out during the year 1997. A total of 258 serum samples were collccted and serologically examincd. Out of thesc samples. 5 cases (% 1.93) showed laboratory evidence of hrl/cclla infcc'tiol1. 111 hacleriological examinatiol1, the Iymph nodes of ail serologically positive camcls were cultured. Brl/cella melilensis biotype 1 was...

Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus is an under-recognized pathogen and zoonotic agent causing opportunistic infections in humans. Despite increasing recognition of this subspecies as a cause for human infectious diseases, limited information is known about its antibiotic resistance mechanism. In this study, we aim to identify the molecular mechanism underlying the high macrolide res...

Faecal samples from 50 pigeons all originating from different lofts were screened for the presence of macrolide and lincosamide (ML)-resistant isolates of Streptococcus gallolyticus and Enterococcus columbae by plating the samples onto selective media. Sixty-eight ML-resistant E. columbae strains were recovered from the faecal samples of 29 animals. Two of these samples also harboured ML-resist...

Received at: 23/9/2014 Accepted: 11/11/2014 Streptococcus gallolyticus infection is considered an important septicemic disease in pigeons especially in squabs. In this study the pathogenicity and antimicrobial sensitivity of St. gallolyticus were searched. 141 samples of diseased and recently dead pigeons of different ages were collected and subjected to bacterial examination in order to isolat...