Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis / veterinary
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Animals
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Animals, Laboratory
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DNA, Bacterial / analysis
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Granuloma / microbiology
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Granuloma / pathology
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Granuloma / veterinary*
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Humans
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / pathology
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / veterinary*
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / genetics
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / pathogenicity
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
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Sequence Analysis, DNA / veterinary
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Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology
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Skin Diseases, Bacterial / pathology
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Skin Diseases, Bacterial / veterinary*
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Xenopus*