title: Mycobacterium genavense infections in pet animals.
abstract: Mycobacterium genavense, a recently reported cause of a wasting illness in patients with AIDS, was isolated from a cervical lymph mode from a dog with severe hind limb weakness and from trachael tissue from a parrot with acute onset respiratory distress. Physicians caring for immunocompromised patients should consider birds and dogs potential sources of M. genavense infection and submit appropriate specimens for culture.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Kiehn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoefer
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Bottger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Antinoff
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology