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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1818-1821, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1818-1821.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Generalized Tuberculosis in Llamas (Lama glama) Due to Mycobacterium microti

A. Oevermann,1* G. E. Pfyffer,2 P. Zanolari,3 M. Meylan,3 and N. Robert1

Centre of Fish and Wildlife Health, Institute of Animal Pathology,1 Clinic for Ruminants, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Bern, Bern,3 Swiss National Center for Mycobacteria, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland2

Received 3 July 2003/ Returned for modification 27 July 2003/ Accepted 13 September 2003

Necropsy of two llamas revealed numerous caseous nodules containing abundant acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in various organs. The AFB were identified by spoligotyping as Mycobacterium microti, vole type. Infection caused by M. microti should be considered in the differential diagnosis of debilitating diseases in New World camelids.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre of Fish and Wildlife Health, Institute of Animal Pathology, University of Bern, Postfach, Langgass-Strasse 122, Bern 3001, Switzerland. Phone: 41 31 631 2400. Fax: 41 31 631 2611. E-mail: anna.oevermann{at}itpa.unibe.ch.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2004, p. 1818-1821, Vol. 42, No. 4
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1818-1821.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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