Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Sections available in full article Classification, Distribution, Significance, Active Forms, Active Form 1, Clinical Effects, Epidemiology, Pathological effects, Control, Diagnosis, Useful samples, Isolation, Laboratory diagnosis, Sources, Publications, Vetstream contributor(s),
Contributors Dr Melissa Kennedy DVM PhD DipACVM
Dr Danielle Gunn-Moore BSc BVM&S PhD MACVSc MRCVS
Synonyms M. tuberculosis

Classification


Taxonomy

  • Genus: Mycobacterium - closely related to Corynebacterium , Nocardia and Rhodococcus .
  • Family: Mycobacteriaceae .

Etymology

  • Gr: myces - a fungus; bakterion - a small rod. L: tuberculum - a small swelling.

Distribution

  • Worldwide.

Significance

  • Causes tuberculosis in non-human primates, dogs, canaries and psittacine birds, but chiefly a disease of humans.
  • Very rare in cats.

Sources

Publications

  • Gunn-Moore D A & Shaw S (1997)Mycobacterial disease in the cat.In Practice19, 493-497.
  • Arvand Met al(1998)Primary isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on blood agar during the diagnostic process for cat scratch disease.Infection26(4), 254.
  • Hughes M Set al(1997)Determination of the etiology of presumptive feline leprosy by 16S rRNA gene analysis.J Clin Microbiol35(10), 2464-2471.
  • Aranaz A, Liebana E, Pickering X, Novoa C, Mateos L & Dominquez L (1996)Use of PCR in the diagnosis of TB in dogs and cats.Vet Rec138, 276-280.
  • Gunn-Moore D A, Jenkins P A & Lucke F M (1996)Feline TB; a literature review and discussion of 19 cases caused by an unusual mycobacterial variant.Vet Rec138, 53-88.
  • Hart C A, Becking N J & Duerden B I (1996)Tuberculosis into the next century.J Med Microbiol44, 1-34.

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