title: Mycobacterium intracellulare infection in a water monitor.
abstract: Mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium intracellulare serotypes Davis (8) and Altman (18) is described in a water monitor (Varanus semiremex). Infection with this of organism has not been reported previously in reptiles in Australia.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008116:Lizards; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification