Mycobacterium Species Related to M. leprae and M. lepromatosis from Cows with Bovine Nodular Thelitis

D. Pin (1) , V. Guerin-Faublee (1) , V. Garreau (2) , F. Breysse (3) , Oana Dumitrescu (4) , Jean-Pierre Flandrois (5) , Gérard Lina (4)

1 VAS - VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement
2 Clinique Vétérinaire
3 CHLS - Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud [CHU - HCL]
4 StaPath - Pathogénie des Staphylocoques – Staphylococcal Pathogenesis
5 BPGE - Bioinformatique, phylogénie et génomique évolutive

Bovine nodular thelitis is a granulomatous dermatitis associated with infection with acid-fast bacteria. To identify the mycobacterium responsible for this infection, we conducted phylogenetic investigations based on partial sequencing of 6 genes. These bacteria were identified as an undescribed Mycobacterium species that was phylogenetically related to M. leprae and M. lepromatosis.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

D. Pin, V. Guerin-Faublee, V. Garreau, F. Breysse, Oana Dumitrescu, et al.. Mycobacterium Species Related to M. leprae and M. lepromatosis from Cows with Bovine Nodular Thelitis. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, 20, pp.2111-4. ⟨10.3201/eid2012.140184⟩. ⟨hal-02045107⟩