Spinal intradural Mycobacterium haemophilum granuloma in an American Bison (Bison bison)

Vet Pathol. 2006 Nov;43(6):998-1000. doi: 10.1354/vp.43-6-998.

Abstract

Mycobacterium haemophilum, a nontuberculous mycobacterium, is a pathogen in immunocompromised human patients. We report a case of M haemophilum-induced granuloma in the spinal cord of an American Bison (Bison bison). M haemophilum infection was diagnosed by sequencing a portion of the 16 S ribosomal DNA and comparing the amplicon sequence with sequences in GenBank.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Animal Diseases / microbiology
  • Animal Diseases / pathology
  • Animals
  • Bison*
  • Female
  • Granuloma / microbiology
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Granuloma / veterinary*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium Infections / pathology
  • Mycobacterium Infections / veterinary*
  • Mycobacterium haemophilum / isolation & purification*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / microbiology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / veterinary*