Figure 8.

Localised nasal planum mass caused by Mycobacterium avium in a domestic crossbred cat. Thelesion was treated by surgical resection, but recurred 14 months later (Stewart et al., 1993). We would currently recommend treatment using a rifampicin (15 mg/kg daily) in concert with clarithromycin (62.5 mg twice daily) and possibly a third agent (such as clofazimine or doxycycline) for several months following cytoreductive surgery. (Photograph courtesy of Dr Stephen White.)