Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis infection in 2 pet dogs, Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 988-990

  Haist, Verena ^a   Seehusen, Frauke ^a   Moser, Irmgard ^b   Hotzel, Helmut ^b   Deschl, Ulrich ^c   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Wohlsein, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DOG; ENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCUBATION TIME; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PET ANIMAL; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 45249100906     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1406.071463     Document Type: Letter

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