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Erratum to Twelve-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of comprehensive physiotherapy following disc herniation operation. Owing to errors made at SAGE, the name of one of the authors of the following article was printed incorrectly.Ebenbichler GR, Inschlag S, Pflüger V, et al. Twelve-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of comprehensive physiotherapy following disc herniation operation Clinical Rehabilitation 2015; 29: 548–560 DOI: 10.1177/0269215514552032 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Swine dysentery is a severe enteric disease in pigs, which is characterized by bloody to mucoid diarrhea and associated with reduced growth performance and variable mortality. This disease is most often observed in grower–finisher pigs, wherein susceptible pigs develop a significant mucohemorrhagic typhlocolitis following infection with strongly hemolytic spirochetes of the genus Brachyspira. While swine dysentery is endemic in many parts of the world, the disease had essentially disappeared in much of the United States by the mid-1990s as a result of industry consolidation and effective treatment, control, and elimination methods. However, since 2007, there has been a reported increase in laboratory diagnosis of swine dysentery in parts of North America along with the detection of novel pathogenic Brachyspira spp worldwide. Accordingly, there has been a renewed interest in swine dysentery and Brachyspira spp infections in pigs, particularly in areas where the disease was previously eliminated. This review provides an overview of knowledge on the etiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of swine dysentery, with insights into risk factors and control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Brachyspira species traditionally associated with swine dysentery and other diarrheal diseases in pigs are Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, Brachyspira pilosicoli, and, to a lesser extent, Brachyspira murdochii. “Brachyspira hampsonii” is a recently proposed novel species that causes clinical disease similar to that caused by B. hyodysenteriae. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) systems are increasingly available in veterinary diagnostic laboratories, are less expensive, and are faster than traditional microbiological and molecular methods for identification. Thirty-three isolates associated with Brachyspira species of importance to swine were added to an existing MALDI-TOF MS database library. In total, species included in the library were: B. hyodysenteriae, “B. hampsonii” clades I and II, Brachyspira innocens, Brachyspira intermedia, B. murdochii, and B. pilosicoli. A comparison between MALDI-TOF MS and nox sequencing was completed on 176 field isolates. Of the 176 field isolates, 174 (98.9%) matched species identification by both methods. Thirty field isolates were identified by both methods as “B. hampsonii”. Twenty-seven of the 30 (90%) “B. hampsonii” field isolates matched clade designation in both assays. The nox sequencing identified 26 as “B. hampsonii” clade I and 4 as clade II. Comparatively, MALDI-TOF MS identified 25 of the 30 as “B. hampsonii” clade I and 5 as clade II. The current study indicates MALDI-TOF MS is a reliable tool for the identification of swine Brachyspira species; however, final clade designation for “B. hampsonii” may still require molecular techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]