Mycobacterium pinnipedii in a stranded South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in Brazil.
We report tuberculosis in a stranded South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in Brazil caused by Mycobacterium pinnipedii, a member of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
1  Hospital de Clínicas Veterinárias, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9090, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 91540-000.
Derek B
DB
de Amorim
Renata A
RA
Casagrande
Marcelo M
MM
Alievi
Flademir
F
Wouters
Luis G S
LG
De Oliveira
David
D
Driemeier
Maurício
M
Tavares
Cássia Y
CY
Ikuta
Evelise O
EO
Telles
José S
JS
Ferreira-Neto
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D046070:Sea Lions / Q000382:microbiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*