Mycobacterium caprae Infection in Captive Borneo Elephant, Japan
- Shiomi Yoshida
- Satomi Suga
- Satoshi Ishikawa
- Yasuhiko Mukai
- Kazunari Tsuyuguchi
- Yoshikazu Inoue
- Taro Yamamoto
- Takayuki Wada
Publication date
October 2018
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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
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