Mycobacterium pinnipedii in a stranded South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in Brazil

Derek B de Amorim; Renata A Casagrande; Marcelo M Alievi; Flademir Wouters; Luis G S De Oliveira; David Driemeier; Maurício Tavares; Cássia Y Ikuta; Evelise O Telles; José S Ferreira-Neto

doi:10.7589/2013-05-124

Mycobacterium pinnipedii in a stranded South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in Brazil

J Wildl Dis. 2014 Apr;50(2):419-22. doi: 10.7589/2013-05-124. Epub 2014 Jan 31.

Authors

Derek B de Amorim¹, Renata A Casagrande, Marcelo M Alievi, Flademir Wouters, Luis G S De Oliveira, David Driemeier, Maurício Tavares, Cássia Y Ikuta, Evelise O Telles, José S Ferreira-Neto

Affiliation

¹ 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.

PMID: 24484491
DOI: 10.7589/2013-05-124

Abstract

We report tuberculosis in a stranded South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) in Brazil caused by Mycobacterium pinnipedii, a member of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil / epidemiology
Male
Mycobacterium / classification
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
Sea Lions / microbiology*
Tuberculosis / epidemiology
Tuberculosis / microbiology
Tuberculosis / veterinary*