Mycobacterium gordonae infection in a colony of African clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis).
Mycobacterium gordonae is an occasional human pathogen associated with cutaneous infections and nodular granulomatous skin lesions. A case of cutaneous nodular infection caused by M. gordonae in a colony of African clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis) is described and confirms this organism to be an opportunistic frog pathogen.
Sánchez-Morgado
José M
JM
Biological Services, MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK. jmsanchez@cnic.es
Gallagher
Alec
A
Johnson
Linda K
LK
D054458:Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000662:veterinary; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014981:Xenopus
D004269:DNA, Bacterial