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