Systemic mixed infection in a brown caiman (Caiman crocodilus fuscus) caused by Mycobacterium szulgai and M. chelonae: A case report

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Slany, M ^a   Knotek, Z ^b,c   Skoric, M ^b   Knotkova, Z ^b   Svobodova, J ^d   Mrlik, V ^a   Moravkova, M ^a   Pavlik, Ivo ^a  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Granulomatous disease; Mycobacteriosis; Potentially pathogenic mycobacteria; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS FUSCUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; REPTILIA;

EID: 77952900636     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/26/2010-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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