Molecular characterization of a novel fastidious mycobacterium causing lepromatous lesions of the skin, subcutis, cornea, and conjunctiva of cats living in Victoria, Australia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 618-626

  Fyfe, J A ^a   McCowan, C ^b   O'Brien, C R ^b   Globan, M ^a   Birch, C ^a   Revill, P ^a   Barrs, V R D ^c   Wayne, J ^d   Hughes, M S ^e   Holloway, S ^b   Malik, R ^c  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Gippsland Pathology Service   (Australia)

^e AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME RNA;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRANULOMATOSIS; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SKIN DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHAPERONINS; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VICTORIA;

BACILLI (CLASS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 38949157737     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01186-07     Document Type: Article

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