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Histologic and genotypic characterization of a novel Mycobacterium species found in three cats.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2002
Appleyard Greg D, Clark Edward G
Abstract excerpt
Three cases of feline atypical mycobacteriosis from different geographical regions in North America were characterized by large clusters of filamentous bacteria visible on hematoxylin-and-eosin-stained tissue sections. PCR amplification demonstrated the presence of Mycobacterium-specific nucleic acid in samples of skin lesions from these cases. PCR-assisted cloning and DNA sequence analysis of a 541-bp length of...
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