Mycobacterium kansasii infection in a Chinese soft shell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 474-476

  Oros J ^a   Acosta, B ^a   Gaskin, J M ^b   Deniz S ^a   Jensen, H E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SKIN DEFECT; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0242669355     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.15.474     Document Type: Article

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