Mycobacterium fortuitum pneumonia in a cat and the role of lipid in the pathogenesis of atypical mycobacterial infections

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-546

  Couto, S S ^a,b   Artacho, C A ^a  

^a ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Zuckerman Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Cat; Feline; Granulomatous pneumonia; Lipid; Lipoid pneumonia; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; LIPID METABOLISM; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM;

EID: 34447115124     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.44-4-543     Document Type: Article

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