Disseminated tuberculosis in hyrax (Procavia capensis) caused by Mycobacterium africanum.
Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium africanum was diagnosed in an adult female hyrax (Procavia capensis). Pathologic examination revealed disseminated tuberculous lesions. The same pathologic changes were also found in a male hyrax that died a year later. Both animals were imported from the United Arab Emirates and were held in captivity at the Zagreb Zoo in Croatia. The source of infection remains unknown. The acid-fast bacteria isolated from the lungs of the female hyrax were identifyed by polymerase chain reaction as Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Geno Type MTBC test confirmed the strain to be M. africanum I.
Gudan
Andrea
A
Department of General Pathology and Pathological Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, Zagreb 10000, Croatia. agudan@vef.hr
Artuković
Branka
B
Cvetnić
Zeljko
Z
Spicić
Silvio
S
Beck
Ana
A
Hohsteter
Marko
M
Naglić
Tomo
T
Bata
Ingeborg
I
Grabarević
Zeljko
Z
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000382:microbiology; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D007043:Hyraxes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000208:ethnology