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L Deforges1, H J Boulouis, J L Thibaud
1Centre Hospitalier, Universitaire Henri Mondor, F94000 Créteil, France.
Veterinary Microbiology
|October 27, 2004
Abstract:
We report the first isolation of Mycobacterium microti from a dog with lesions of acute peritonitis. The isolate was demonstrated to be M. microti of Llama-Type by spoligotyping. Epidemiological implications of the isolation of this possibly zoonotic agent from a dog are discussed.
