Mycoplasma hominis ssp. associated endocarditis with myocardial necrosis in an alpaca (Vicugna pacos) in Manitoba in 2011.

Krzysztof M Tomczyk, Shelagh Copeland, Rosemary Postey, Musangu Ngeleka

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Article in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Krzysztof M TomczykManitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Veterinary Diagnostic Services, 545 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5S6 (Tomczyk, Copeland, Postey); Prairie Diagnostic Services Inc., Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4 (Ngeleka).

Shelagh CopelandManitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Veterinary Diagnostic Services, 545 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5S6 (Tomczyk, Copeland, Postey); Prairie Diagnostic Services Inc., Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4 (Ngeleka).

Rosemary PosteyManitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Veterinary Diagnostic Services, 545 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5S6 (Tomczyk, Copeland, Postey); Prairie Diagnostic Services Inc., Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4 (Ngeleka).

Musangu NgelekaManitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Veterinary Diagnostic Services, 545 University Crescent, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5S6 (Tomczyk, Copeland, Postey); Prairie Diagnostic Services Inc., Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4 (Ngeleka).

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe endocarditis with myonecrosis, moderate to severe pleural and pericardial effusions, and mild ascites were found on necropsy in 3 alpacas. Mycoplasma hominis ssp. was detected on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of fresh affected endocardial tissue in 1 alpaca.

Indexed as

Mycoplasma hominisAnimalsEndocarditis, BacterialFemaleMaleMycoplasma InfectionsMyocardiumNecrosis

Identifiers

PMID25694661

PMCPMC4298263

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