Genitourinary and pulmonary multidrug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-712

  Dumonceaux, Genevieve A ^a,e   Leger, Judy St ^b   Olsen, John H ^a   Burton, Michael S ^a   Ashkin, David ^c   Maslow, Joel N ^d  

^a Busch Gardens Tampa Bay   (United States)

^b SeaWorld San Diego   (United States)

^c A G Holley State Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Palm Beach Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

elephant; Elephas maximus; multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84255197990     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2011-0040.1     Document Type: Article

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