Mycobacterium marinum dermatitis and panniculitis with chronic pleuritis in a captive white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) with aortic rupture

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 524-530

  Bowenkamp, Kathryn E ^a,b   Frasca Jr , Salvatore ^a   Draghi II, Andrew ^c   Tsongalis, Gregory J ^c   Koerting, Claudia ^a   Hinckley, Lynn ^a   De Guise, Sylvain ^a   Montali, Richard J ^d   Goertz, Caroline E C ^e   St Aubin, David J ^e   Dunn, J Lawrence ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PANNICULITIS; PATHOGENICITY; PLEURA DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WHALE;

ANIMAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PANNICULITIS; PLEURAL DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WHALES;

EID: 0035512799     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300613     Document Type: Article

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