| Literature DB >> 18083608 |
A Jassies-van der Lee1, D J Houwers, N Meertens, A G M van der Zanden, T Willemse.
Abstract
A case of pyogranulomatous dermatitis, caused by Mycobacterium abscessus, an unusual opportunistic Mycobacterium spp., is described in a cat. Histopathological examination of the affected skin confirmed the diagnosis and Ziehl-Neelsen staining revealed acid-fast rods. A rapidly growing mycobacterium was found after culture on a Löwenstein-Jensen medium. Real-time polymerase chain reaction for the 16S rDNA (434bp) sequence and the sequence of the rpoB gene (359bp) revealed 99% and 100% matches, respectively, with M. abscessus. This is the first report of a feline infection caused by this organism in Europe.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18083608 DOI： 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.08.026
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet J ISSN： 1090-0233 Impact factor: 2.688