Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Online ISSN : 2185-744X
Print ISSN : 1342-6133
ISSN-L : 1342-6133
Case report
Disseminated Infection Disease with Three Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a Ball Python (Python regius)
Keisuke KAWASEShiomi YOSHIDAShotaro NAKAGUNYoshiyasu KOBAYASHIShun-ichi SHIIHARA
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2020 Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 35-40

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  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.

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