title: Experimental alimentary infection of anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis) with Mycobacterium ulcerans.
abstract: Pathogenic Mycobacterium ulcerans were recovered from the stool of anole lizards up to 11 days after inoculation by stomach tube. M. ulcerans was isolated from the liver of 3 of 20 lizards and acid fast bacteria were seen in the mucosa of intrahepatic bile ducts in 2 of these 10 weeks post-inoculation. These results provide equivocal support for our hypothesis that herpetofauna are a reservoir of infection with M. ulcerans.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000382:microbiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008116:Lizards; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*