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Cutaneous granulomas associated with Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a cat
Author(s) -
WILKINSON G. T.,
KELLY *W. R.,
O'BOYLE DENISE
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1978.tb05505.x
Subject(s) - mycobacterium fortuitum , medicine , kitten , tetracycline , mycobacterium infections , transmission (telecommunications) , microbiology and biotechnology , bacillus (shape) , clarithromycin , mycobacterium , pathology , cats , antibiotics , tuberculosis , biology , electrical engineering , helicobacter pylori , engineering
Feline mycobacterial skin infections are reviewed briefly. A case of skin granulomas in a cat associated with the presence of the fast–growing acid–fast bacillus, Mycobacterium fortuitum , is reported. Surgical excision was followed by recurrence, but resolution of the lesions was obtained by tetracycline therapy for 12 weeks interspersed with a 14–day course of choloramphenicol. An attempt at experimental transmission to a kitten was unsuccessful. The characteristics of the fast–growing mycobacteria and the possible sources of infection are discussed.