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Development of a multilocus sequence typing scheme for intestinal spirochaetes within the genus Brachyspira.

Simultaneous detection of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, Brachyspira pilosicoli and Lawsonia intracellularis in porcine faeces and tissue samples by multiplex-PCR.

Infective colitis associated with human intestinal spirochetosis.

Occurrence of human intestinal spirochetosis in comparison with infections by other enteropathogenic agents in an area of the Northern Italy.

Experimental study on the role of Brachyspira alvinipulli in intestinal spirochaetosis of geese.

Asian origin and rapid global spread of the destructive dry rot fungus Serpula lacrymans.

Colonic spirochetosis associated with dermatomyositis.

Treatment of a field case of avian intestinal spirochaetosis caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli with tiamulin.

Prevalence of Brachyspira species in pigs with diarrhoea in Spain.

Isolation of Brachyspira pilosicoli from weanling horses with chronic diarrhoea.

Potential for zoonotic transmission of Brachyspira pilosicoli.

Reclassification of Serpulina intermedia and Serpulina murdochii in the genus Brachyspira as Brachyspira intermedia comb. nov. and Brachyspira murdochii comb. nov.

Laser capture microdissection of bacterial cells targeted by fluorescence in situ hybridization.

The prevalences of Brachyspira spp. and Lawsonia intracellularis in Swedish piglet producing herds and wild boar population.

Colonic spirochetosis in animals and humans.

[The use of in-situ hybridization for the detection of Brachyspira spp. in pigs].

Neither hippurate-negative Brachyspira pilosicoli nor Brachyspira pilosicoli type strain caused diarrhoea in early-weaned pigs by experimental infection.

Analysis of genetic variation in Brachyspira aalborgi and related spirochaetes determined by partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA and NADH oxidase genes.

Brachyspira pilosicoli colonization in experimentally infected mice can be facilitated by dietary manipulation.

Immunomagnetic separation of the intestinal spirochaetes Brachyspira pilosicoli and Brachyspira hyodysenteriae from porcine faeces.