Brief communications and case reports: A Case of Intestinal Mycobacterium simiae Infection in an SIV-infected Immunosuppressed Rhesus Monkey

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-252

  Didier, A ^a   Matz Rensing K ^b   Kuhn, E M ^b   Richter, E ^b   Kaup, F J ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Immunodeficiency; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis; Mycobacterium simiae; Opportunistic infection; Rhesus monkeys; Simian immunodeficiency virus

Indexed keywords

MACACA MULATTA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; SIMIAE; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACACA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONKEY DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIMIAN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0043128666     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.36-3-249     Document Type: Article

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