Mycobacterium caprae Infection in Captive Borneo Elephant, Japan

被引：17

作者：

Yoshida, Shiomi ^{[1
,2
]}

Suga, Satomi ^{[3
]}

Ishikawa, Satoshi ^{[3
]}

Mukai, Yasuhiko ^{[3
]}

Tsuyuguchi, Kazunari ^{[2
]}

Inoue, Yoshikazu ^{[2
]}

Yamamoto, Taro ^{[4
]}

Wada, Takayuki ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Nagasaki Univ, Grad Sch Biomed Sci, Nagasaki, Japan

[2] Natl Hosp Org Kinki Chuo Chest Med Ctr, Clin Res Ctr, Sakai, Osaka, Japan

[3] Fukuyama Zoo, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

[4] Nagasaki Univ, Inst Trop Med, Nagasaki, Japan

[5] Nagasaki Univ, Sch Trop Med & Global Hlth, Nagasaki, Japan

来源：

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2018年 / 24卷 / 10期

关键词：

TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION; ASIAN ELEPHANTS; AFRICAN; GENOME;

D O I：

10.3201/eid2410.180018

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

In 2016, disseminated tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae was diagnosed in a captive Borneo elephant in Japan. The bacterium was initially identified from clinical isolates. An isolate collected during a relapse showed isoniazid monoresistance and a codon 315 katG mutation.

引用

页码：1937 / 1940

页数：4

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