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. 1996 Jul;34(7):1840–1842. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1840-1842.1996

Mycobacterium genavense infections in pet animals.

T E Kiehn 1, H Hoefer 1, E C Bottger 1, R Ross 1, M Wong 1, F Edwards 1, N Antinoff 1, D Armstrong 1
PMCID: PMC229132  PMID: 8784607

Abstract

Mycobacterium genavense, a recently reported cause of a wasting illness in patients with AIDS, was isolated from a cervical lymph mode from a dog with severe hind limb weakness and from trachael tissue from a parrot with acute onset respiratory distress. Physicians caring for immunocompromised patients should consider birds and dogs potential sources of M. genavense infection and submit appropriate specimens for culture.

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