Mycobacterium abscessus pneumonia in an atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 961-965

  Clayton, Leigh Ann ^a   Andrew Stamper, M ^b   Whitaker, Brent R ^a   Hadfield, Catherine A ^a   Simons, Brian ^c   Mankowski, Joseph L ^c  

^a National Aquarium   (United States)

^b Disney's Animals Science and Environment   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; clarithromycin; computed tomography; Mycobacterium abscessus; pneumonia; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 84871507681     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2012-0110R.1     Document Type: Article

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