Isolation of Mycobacterium chelonei from a granulomatous lesion in a pig.
A rapidly growing, non-photochromogenic acid-fast organism was isolated from a lesion in a 6-month-old pig. The isolate was subsequently identified as Mycobacterium chelonei by its growth rate, but its failure to reduce nitrates, and by being arylsulfatase positive at 3 days.
D000818:Animals; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*