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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44(1), 2008, pp. 151-154
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Pulmonary Infection Due to Mycobacterium goodii in a Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) from South Africa

 Paul D. van Helden1,6, Nico C. Gey van Pittius1, Robin M. Warren1, Anita Michel2, Tiny Hlokwe2, Darshana Morar3, Jacques Godfroid3, Elizabeth C. du Plessis4 and Roy Bengis5

1 DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology/Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences-Stellenbosch University, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa;
2 Bacteriology Section, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Private Bag X05, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa;
3 Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa;
4 Vetpath, PO Box 8464, Pretoria 0001, South Africa;
5 Directorate of Animal Health, Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Investigation Centre, PO Box 12, Skukuza 1350, South Africa
6 Corresponding author (email: pvh{at}sun.ac.za)

ABSTRACT:   We report a case of pyogranulomatous pneumonia due to infection with Mycobacterium goodii in an adult female spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). The lungs of the animal showed consolidated, granulomatous lesions, and they were extensively and severely infiltrated. Polymerase chain reaction sequencing of isolated crude lung tissue DNA, and boiled lung culture samples, all confirmed that the causative organism was M. goodii, a recently described fast-growing organism closely related to the nonpathogenic mycobacterial species M. smegmatis. The current study illustrates that this organism can be pathogenic and cause extensive pulmonary disease.
  Key words:  Mycobacterium goodii, non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection, pulmonary disease, spotted hyena.






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