A case of feline leprosy caused by Mycobacterium lepraemurium originating from the island of Kythira (Greece): diagnosis and treatment

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-241

  Courtin, Francois ^a   Huerre, Michel ^b   Fyfe, Janet ^c   Dumas, Paul ^d   Boschiroli, Maria L ^e  

^a Veterinary Clinic   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^d Lab de Pathol Veterinaire du Nord   (France)

^e Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GREECE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAEMURIUM; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GREECE; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAEMURIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAEMURIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34249080135     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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