Mycobacterium caprae Infection in Captive Borneo Elephant, Japan.

ABSTRACT: In 2016, disseminated tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae was diagnosed in a captive Borneo elephant in Japan. The bacterium was initially identified from clinical isolates. An isolate collected during a relapse showed isoniazid monoresistance and a codon 315 katG mutation.

SUBMITTER: Yoshida S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6154153 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature