Mycobacterial Diseases

Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals

Although Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae are the most notable mycobacterial human pathogens, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Mycobac-terium ulcerans, and other mycobacteria are the etiology of important diseases in humans and a wide range of Moreover, species such as M. bovis represent serious zoonotic patho...

Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals 2012

Copyright © 2012 Mitchell V. Palmer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobac-terium avium subsp. avium, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Mycobacter...

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Diseases in Immunocompetent Patients

Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections are an increasingly recognized cause of chronic lung disease in immunocompetent adults, and the M. avium complex, M. kansasii, and a rapidly growing mycobacteria such as M. abscessus, M. fortuitum, and M. chelonae account for most of the pathogens involved. Because the clinical features of NTM disease are not distinguishable from those of tuberculos...

Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases in Cats

Tuberculosis can be caused by a number of different, but closely related, bacteria. Members of the tuberculosis complex include Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosis, M. bovis and M. microti. M. tuberculosis causes over 90% of tuberculosis in man, but rarely infects other mammals, except for dogs. M. bovis is the main cause of tuberculosis in cattle. It can also infect various other mammals, includin...

Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Allied Mycobacterial Diseases.