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Based on a visual analysis of the heart of Frederic Chopin performed in 2014 and described above, it can be stated with high probability that the composer suffered from a long lasting tuberculosis as a primary disease, which was the cause of progressive deterioration of his physical condition and numerous symptoms mainly from the respiratory tract. Tuberculous pericarditis rapidly progressing within a rather short period of time, a relatively rare complication of diffuse tuberculosis, might have been an immediate cause of death. This would aptly coincide with a startling opinion that in an autopsy picture the composer’s heart had been more affected by the disease than the lungs.

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Michał Witt

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Instytut Genetyki Człowieka PAN, Poznań

Suspicion of bovine tuberculosis in sheep in the Małopolskie Voivodeship (southern Poland)

A. Didkowska P. Żmuda B. Orłowska M. Nowak K. Filip-Hutsch K. Cuper M. Krajewska-Wędzina K. Anusz

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences | 2022 | vol. 25 | No 3 | 469-473 | DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2022.142032

Keywords bovine tuberculosis dairy products IGRA sheep tuberculin skin test

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Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) in sheep (Ovis aries) is caused by Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae. Even though sheep have been considered less sensitive to BTB than other ruminants, they have been subject to increasing numbers of tuberculosis cases and it has been suggested that they may act as a disease reservoir in some regions. Aim of the study: Following a report of tuberculous-like gross lesions (repeated cases of purulent or caseous lymphadenitis and a single case of serosal tubercles on the peritoneum) from veterinarians working in a slaughterhouse in the Małopolskie Voivodeship, southern Poland, the aim of this study was to conduct ante-mortem BTB diagnostics in three flocks with suspected BTB. The animals for testing were selected randomly from the flocks; a blood sample for interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) and a single tuberculin skin test (TST) was performed on each sheep. All TST results were negative. The IGRA result was positive in two ewes from the same flock (four and five years of age); these two sheep were tested microbiologically using Stonebrink and Löwenstein-Jensen media. No gross lesions suggesting BTB were observed, and the culture results were negative. Based on the positive IGRA results, together with its high specificity in sheep, and the potential risk to humans posed by consuming local unpasteurized dairy products, we recommend introducing serological BTB screening in sheep from this area, and subjecting the positive results to confirmation by culture.

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A. Didkowska

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P. Żmuda

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B. Orłowska

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M. Nowak

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K. Filip-Hutsch

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K. Cuper

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M. Krajewska-Wędzina

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K. Anusz

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Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
University Centre of Veterinary Medicine UJUR, Al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30059 Kraków, Poland
Department of Microbiology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Partyzantów 57, 24-100 Puławy, Poland

Prątka Jednodniówka (1931–1935): an ephemeral satirical TB sanatorium magazine

Dorota Samborska-Kukuć Jadwiga Goniewicz

Rocznik Historii Prasy Polskiej | 2022 | t. 25 | No 2 | 57-82 | DOI: 10.24425/rhpp.2022.141545

Keywords 20th-century Polish press one-day magazine humour and satire tuberculosis sanatorium Bystra Śląska

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This artical is a survey of hitherto unresearched Prątka Jednodniówka [ The Mayfly], a magazine edited by the patients of the TB sanatorium at Bystra Śląska near Bielsko-Biała and published in 1931–1935. Five issues of the magazine stored at the Cieszyn Library were examined for their literary content, made up almost exclusively by humor and satire. The gelotherapeutic profile makes the magazine unique among similar publications associated with healthcare institutions.

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Dorota Samborska-Kukuć

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Jadwiga Goniewicz

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Instytut Filologii Polskiej i Logopedii, Uniwersytet Łódzki, ul. Pomorska 171/173, PL 90-236 Łódź

A review of tuberculosis and parasitic disease co-infection in ungulates, with regard to the potential threat to European bison ( Bison bonasus)

M. Gałązka A. Didkowska K. Anusz A. Pyziel-Serafin

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences | 2023 | vol. 26 | No 1 | 155-161 | DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2023.145018

Keywords bovine tuberculosis co-infection Fasciola hepatica helminths Mycobacterium bovis Mycobacterium caprae parasites

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Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is a dangerous zoonosis which presents a serious problem for endangered species such as European bison ( Bison bonasus). Little is known about the influence of parasitic co-infections on the course and diagnosis of tuberculosis in animals. The best known co-infection in cattle is Fasciola hepatica and Mycobacterium bovis. The aim of this study was to review the most recent literature regarding tuberculosis and parasite co-infection in ungulates and relate the results to European bison. Our findings indicate that any comprehensive diagnosis of BTB should include parasitological monitoring, and the possible impact of such invasions on cellular response-based tuberculosis tests should be taken into account. The diagnosis of BTB is complex, as is its pathogenesis, and parasitic infestations can have a significant impact on both. This should be taken into account during further research and monitoring of tuberculosis in European bison.

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M. Gałązka

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A. Didkowska

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K. Anusz

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A. Pyziel-Serafin

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Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Municipal Zoological Garden in Warsaw, Ratuszowa 1/3 03-461, Warsaw, Poland

Evaluation of susceptibility to pyrazinamide and streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampin and ethambutol of Mycobacterium caprae strains isolated from European bison (Bison bonasus caucasicus) in the Bieszczady Mountains (Southern Poland)

A. Didkowska M. Krajewska-Wędzina A. Nowakiewicz B. Orłowska M. Bochniarz M. Kozińska W. Wójcik M. Weiner K. Anusz

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences | 2024 | vol. 27 | No 3 | 475-479 | DOI: 10.24425/pjvs.2024.151739

Keywords isoniazid ethambutol pyrazinamide rifampin streptomycin Mycobacterium caprae SB2391 tuberculosis European bison Poland

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The material for drug resistance testing was 28 strains of Mycobacterium caprae isolated from tissue collected post mortem from a free-living Bieszczady Mountain European bison (Bison bonasus caucasicus) herd. All drug susceptibility tests were carried out on an automated Bactec mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) 960 system, using Bactec MGIT 960 streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampin and ethambutol (S.I.R.E.) and Bactec MGIT 960 PZA kits. The analyzed M. caprae strains demonstrated susceptibility to PZA and the complement of four basic anti-mycobacterial drugs: S.I.R.E. Considering that we are dealing with multidrug-resistant and extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis more and more often, and that no new drugs have been discovered or developed for over 60 years, the study of drug resistance in free-living animal strains of MTBC is of great importance for the deepening and broadening of our knowledge of TB.

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A. Didkowska

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M. Krajewska-Wędzina

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A. Nowakiewicz

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B. Orłowska

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M. Bochniarz

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M. Kozińska

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W. Wójcik

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M. Weiner

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K. Anusz

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Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Sub-Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, University of Life Sciences, Akademicka 12, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
Department of Microbiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Płocka 26, 01-138 Warszawa, Poland
Veterinary Clinic ANIMED, Tuwima 8, 38-300 Gorlice, Poland
Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education, 21-500 Biała Podlaska, Poland

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The disease and an immediate cause of death of Frederic Chopin

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Suspicion of bovine tuberculosis in sheep in the Małopolskie Voivodeship (southern Poland)

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Prątka Jednodniówka (1931–1935): an ephemeral satirical TB sanatorium magazine

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A review of tuberculosis and parasitic disease co-infection in ungulates, with regard to the potential threat to European bison ( Bison bonasus)

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Evaluation of susceptibility to pyrazinamide and streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampin and ethambutol of Mycobacterium caprae strains isolated from European bison (Bison bonasus caucasicus) in the Bieszczady Mountains (Southern Poland)

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