| a pathological study of a mycobacterial infection in a cat caused by a variant with cultural characteristics between mycobacterium tuberculosis and m bovis. | a histological examination of a biopsy from a firm submandibular mass in a seven-year-old domestic short-haired cat revealed a granulomatous lymphadenitis associated with the presence of small numbers of acid-fast bacilli. the cat was euthanased and subjected to a detailed post mortem examination which revealed extensive granulomatous inflammation in the right and left bronchial, para-aortic, mesenteric and colic lymph nodes, with small or early lesions in the lung and peyer's patches of the ile ... | 1996 | 8650893 |
| mycobacterium microti: more diverse than previously thought. | mycobacterium microti is a member of the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex of bacteria. this species was originally identified as a pathogen of small rodents and shrews and was associated with limited diversity and a much reduced spoligotype pattern. more recently, specific deletions of chromosomal dna have been shown to define this group of organisms, which can be identified by the absence of chromosomal region rd1(mic). we describe here the molecular characteristics of 141 strains of the myco ... | 2009 | 19535520 |
| comparative study of ifnγ and antibody tests for feline tuberculosis. | this study describes the comparison of the cell-based interferon-gamma (ifnγ) test with serological rapid antibody tests (stat-pak and dpp vettb) for the ante mortem testing of tuberculosis in domestic cats. the antibody specificities of rapid antibody test-positive cats were further discerned using multi-antigen print immunoassay. a total of 62 cats with culture-confirmed mycobacterium bovis, mycobacterium microti, mycobacterium avium and mycobacterium malmoense, as well as negative controls an ... | 2011 | 21906820 |
| safety and immunogenicity of the mycobacterium tuberculosis deltalysa deltapancd vaccine in domestic cats infected with feline immunodeficiency virus. | feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv)-positive and fiv-negative cats (n=4/group) received 2 x 10(6) cfu mycobacterium tuberculosis deltalysa deltapancd intramuscularly. vaccination elicited antibody responses, albeit at lower levels in fiv-positive cats than in fiv-negative cats. delayed-type hypersensitivity responses were minimal in both groups. no adverse reactions were found. | 2009 | 19144788 |