| mycobacterial infection in a fairy bluebird (irena ract puella): a diagnostic conundrum. | an adult male, wild-caught fairy bluebird (irena puella) was evaluated after diagnosis of hepatic mycobacterial disease in a bird sharing the same quarantine space. initial results did not reveal leukocytosis or acid-fast organisms in a liver biopsy. however, mycobacterium avium was found in the liver via polymerase chain reaction (pcr). after euthanasia, acid-fast stains remained negative in the liver, although pcr was positive and m. avium complex (identified by high-performance liquid chromat ... | 2009 | 19368260 |