2020 Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 35-40
A ball python (Python regius) with a history of sialorrhea and swelling of maxilla died. Gross necropsy examination revealed masses on the mandible, maxilla, subcutaneous in the neck, and on the serosal surface of the liver. On microscopical examination, there was systemic granulomatous inflammation. Mycobacterium gordonae, Mycobacteroides chelonae, and Mycobacterium genavense were isolated from kidney tissue and the mass of the mandible and maxilla, respectively. Based on these findings, the case was diagnosed as disseminated infectious nontuberculous mycobacterial disease with three clinically relevant Mycobacterium species.