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Pulmonary Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in Captive Siberian Tiger

We report the first case of pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae in a captive Siberian tiger, an endangered feline. The pathogen was isolated from a tracheal aspirate obtained by bronchoscopy. This procedure provided a reliable in vivo diagnostic method in conjunction w...

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Autores principales: Lantos, Ákos, Niemann, Stefan, Mezősi, László, Sós, Endre, Erdélyi, Károly, Dávid, Sándor, Parsons, Linda M., Kubica, Tanja, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Somoskövi, Ákos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14718093
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0911.030297