| mycobacterium asiaticum infection in a red-handed tamarin (saguinus midas). | a 4-yr-old, intact male red-handed tamarin (saguinus midas) was evaluated because of a 6-mo history of an enlarging axillary mass. diagnostic findings included a positive intradermal tuberculin test, persistent severe leukocytosis, and hyperglobulinemia. a nontuberculous mycobacterium species isolated from the mass was identified as mycobacterium asiaticum using 16s ribosomal dna sequencing and high-performance liquid chromatography. | 2006 | 17319146 |