Detection of mycobacteria and chlamydiae in granulomatous inflammation of reptiles: A retrospective study

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-397

  Soldati, G ^a   Lu, Z H ^a   Vaughan, L ^a   Polkinghorne, A ^b   Zimmermann, D R ^c   Huder, J B ^a   Pospischil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

"Chlamydia like" isolates; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Granulomatous inflammation; Immunohistochemistry; Mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Polymerase chain reaction and sequencing; Reptiles; Ziehl Neelsen

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; SNAKE; TISSUE SECTION; TURTLE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4143072456     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.41-4-388     Document Type: Article

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