Skin ulcers caused by mycobacterium ulcerans in koalas near bairnsdale, australia
| Autor: | I.V. Jerrett, Peter J. Mitchell, K.J. Slee |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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Mycobacterium Infections
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty biology Mycobacterium scrofulaceum Australia Mycobacterium Infections Nontuberculous Granulation tissue Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Skin ulcer biology.organism_classification Cutaneous tissue Pathology and Forensic Medicine Microbiology Marsupialia medicine.anatomical_structure Coagulative necrosis Mycobacterium ulcerans Skin Ulcer medicine Animals Nontuberculous mycobacteria medicine.symptom Subcutaneous tissue |
| Zdroj: | Pathology. 16:256-260 |
| ISSN: | 0031-3025 |
| Popis: | Skin ulcers were found in 7 koalas from Raymond Island in the Gippsland Lakes of southeastern Australia. Ulcers in 4 koalas showed loss and underrunning of cutaneous tissue, with coagulative necrosis of subcutaneous tissue. These lesions contained large numbers of acid-fast bacilli, and areas of granulation tissue formation and superficial inflammation were present. Mycobacterium ulcerans was isolated from 2 of these animals. The ulcers from the other 3 koalas contained both M. ulcerans and M. scrofulaceum, and in these the necrotic tissue was surrounded by a granulomatous reaction which, in one case, extended into bone. Four of the koalas had more than one ulcer. The possible origin of the infections is discussed. |
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