PMID- 21368558
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110614
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1976-555X (Electronic)
IS  - 1229-845X (Print)
IS  - 1229-845X (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
DP  - 2011 Mar
TI  - Epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary pneumocystosis and concurrent 
      infections in pigs in Jeju Island, Korea.
PG  - 15-9
AB  - Epidemiological characteristics of swine pulmonary Pneumocystis (P.) carinii and 
      concurrent infections were surveyed on Jeju Island, Korea, within a designated 
      period in 172 pigs submitted from 54 farms to the Department of Veterinary 
      Medicine, Jeju National University. The submitted cases were evaluated by 
      histopathology, immunohistochemistry, PCR/RT-PCR, and bacteriology. P. carinii 
      infection was confirmed in 39 (22.7%) of the 172 pigs. Histopathologically, the 
      lungs had moderate to severe lymphohistioctyic interstitial pneumonia with 
      variable numbers of fungal organisms within lesions. Furthermore, porcine 
      reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and porcine circovirus type 2 
      (PCV-2) co-infection was a common phenomenon (12.8%, 20.5%, and 48.7% were 
      positive for PRRS, PCV-2, or both, respectively, as determined by PCR/RT-PCR). 
      Infection was much more concentrated during winter (December to March) and 53.8% 
      of the infected pigs were 7- to 8-weeks old. In addition, three pigs showed 
      co-infection with bacteria such as Pasteurella multocida and Streptococcus suis. 
      The results of the present study suggest that the secondary P. carinii infection 
      is common following primary viral infection in swine in Korea. They further 
      suggest that co-infection of P. carinii might be enhanced by the virulence of 
      primary pathogens or might have synergistic effects in the pigs with chronic 
      wasting diseases.
FAU - Kim, Ki-Seung
AU  - Kim KS
AD  - College of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Jeju 
      National University, Jeju 690-756, Korea.
FAU - Jung, Ji-Youl
AU  - Jung JY
FAU - Kim, Jae-Hoon
AU  - Kim JH
FAU - Kang, Sang-Chul
AU  - Kang SC
FAU - Hwang, Eui-Kyung
AU  - Hwang EK
FAU - Park, Bong-Kyun
AU  - Park BK
FAU - Kim, Dae-Yong
AU  - Kim DY
FAU - Kim, Jae-Hoon
AU  - Kim JH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Korea (South)
TA  - J Vet Sci
JT  - Journal of veterinary science
JID - 100964185
SB  - IM
MH  - Aging
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Circovirus/pathogenicity
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Pasteurella Infections/complications/epidemiology/veterinary
MH  - Pasteurella multocida/isolation & purification
MH  - *Pneumocystis carinii/immunology/pathogenicity
MH  - Pneumonia, Pneumocystis/complications/epidemiology/physiopathology/*veterinary
MH  - Porcine Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome/complications/*epidemiology
MH  - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/*epidemiology
MH  - *Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/pathogenicity
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Republic of Korea/epidemiology
MH  - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
MH  - Seasons
MH  - Streptococcal Infections/complications/epidemiology/veterinary
MH  - Streptococcus suis/isolation & purification
MH  - Sus scrofa
MH  - Swine Diseases/epidemiology/virology
PMC - PMC3053462
EDAT- 2011/03/04 06:00
MHDA- 2011/06/15 06:00
PMCR- 2011/03/01
CRDT- 2011/03/04 06:00
PHST- 2011/03/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/03/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/06/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2011/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 201103015 [pii]
AID - 10.4142/jvs.2011.12.1.15 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Vet Sci. 2011 Mar;12(1):15-9. doi: 10.4142/jvs.2011.12.1.15.