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Characterization of a Mycobacterium ulcerans-like infection in a colony of African tropical clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis).
Comparative medicine - 1 Jun 2004
Trott Kristin A, Stacy Brian A, Lifland Barry D, Diggs Helen E, Harland Richard M, Khokha Mustafa K, Grammer Timothy C, Parker John M
Abstract excerpt
A nontuberculous Mycobacterium ulcerans-like organism was identified as the causative agent of an epizootic of mycobacteriosis in a colony of African tropical clawed frogs, Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis, at the University of California, Berkeley. Diverse clinical signs of disease were observed, including lethargy, excess buoyancy, coelomic effusion, cutaneous ulcers, and granulomas. Visceral granulomas,...
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