| Literature DB >> 25632695 |
Wayne S J Boardman, Lisa Shephard, Ivan Bastian, Maria Globan, Janet A M Fyfe, Debby V Cousins, Aaron Machado, Lucy Woolford.
Abstract
This report describes the first case in South Australia, Australia, of Mycobacterium pinnipedii tuberculosis in a free-ranging Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). Severe pyogranulomatous pleuropneumonia with intrahistocytic acid-fast beaded filamentous bacilli was seen on histology. M. pinnipedii was confirmed by full 24-loci mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing. Spillover concerns for public health and cattle are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25632695 DOI: 10.1638/2014-0054.1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Zoo Wildl Med ISSN: 1042-7260 Impact factor: 0.776