Mycobacterium ulcerans infections in two horses in south-eastern Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 101-106

  van Zyl, A ^a   Daniel, J ^b   Wayne, J ^c   McCowan, C ^d   Malik, R ^e   Jelfs, P ^f   Lavender, C J ^g   Fyfe, J A ^g  

^a Main Street Veterinary Clinic ^*  (Australia)

^b Eden Veterinary Clinic   (Australia)

^c Gippsland Pathology Service   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bairnsdale ulcer; Buruli ulcer; Horses; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EQUIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 77952766776     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00544.x     Document Type: Review

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