Multiple Granulomas in Three Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) Caused by Mycobacterium microti

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 245-248

  Henrich, M ^a   Moser, I ^b   Weiss, A ^a   Reinacher, M ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

bacterial infection; Mycobacterium microti; Saimiri sciureus; squirrel monkey; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETHARGY; LIVER GRANULOMA; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MESENTERY DISEASE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONKEY DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; NECK MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPLEEN DISEASE; SQUIRREL MONKEY; STRIDOR; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WEAKNESS;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MESENTERY; MONKEY DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SAIMIRI; SPLEEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; RODENTIA; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS;

EID: 35748963819     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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