'Emerging' mycobacteria in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorVan Helden P.D.
dc.contributor.authorParsons S.D.C.
dc.contributor.authorGey Van Pittius N.C.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:56:59Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:56:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractDisease can be caused by various species of the genus Mycobacterium. A number of reports, both published and unpublished, of rarely reported mycobacteria have surfaced in South Africa in the last few years. Some unusual hosts have also been involved, causing concern in some quarters.These include reports on Mycobacterium goodii in a spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta), M. xenopi in a ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata), M. intracellulare in wild-caught chacma baboons (Papio ursinus), the 'dassie bacillus' in free ranging rock hyrax (dassies; Procavia capensis) the 'oryx bacillus' from free-ranging buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and M. tuberculosis in suricates (Suricata suricatta), a domestic dog and in baboons. In this article it has been attempted to put these in context and show how improved surveillance and technologies have allowed mycobacteria to be identified to species level more easily. Most of the unusual mycobacterial species have most likely been present in the region for many years and have probably caused disease episodes before, but have been misdiagnosed. Each case must be evaluated carefully with respect to the animal species involved, the environment in which the host is found and the mycobacterial species, and operational decisions made accordingly.
dc.description.versionReview
dc.identifier.citationJournal of the South African Veterinary Association
dc.identifier.citation80
dc.identifier.citation4
dc.identifier.issn10199128
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/10150
dc.subjectanimal
dc.subjectanimal disease
dc.subjectbaboon
dc.subjecthyaena
dc.subjectmycobacteriosis
dc.subjectMycobacterium
dc.subjectMycobacterium goodii
dc.subjectMycobacterium intracellulare
dc.subjectMycobacterium tuberculosis
dc.subjectMycobacterium xenopei
dc.subjectprosimian
dc.subjectreview
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectsuricate
dc.subjectcommunicable disease
dc.subjectdifferential diagnosis
dc.subjectdomestic animal
dc.subjectheterozygote
dc.subjectisolation and purification
dc.subjectmicrobiology
dc.subjectpathogenicity
dc.subjectsentinel surveillance
dc.subjectspecies difference
dc.subjectwild animal
dc.subjectAnimalia
dc.subjectCanis familiaris
dc.subjectCorynebacterineae
dc.subjectCrocuta crocuta
dc.subjectHyaena
dc.subjectMycobacterium
dc.subjectMycobacterium goodii
dc.subjectMycobacterium intracellulare
dc.subjectMycobacterium tuberculosis
dc.subjectMycobacterium xenopi
dc.subjectOryx
dc.subjectPapio
dc.subjectPapio ursinus
dc.subjectProcavia capensis
dc.subjectProcaviidae
dc.subjectSuricata suricatta
dc.subjectSyncerus caffer
dc.subjectVarecia variegata
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectAnimals, Domestic
dc.subjectAnimals, Wild
dc.subjectCarrier State
dc.subjectCommunicable Diseases, Emerging
dc.subjectDiagnosis, Differential
dc.subjectMycobacterium
dc.subjectMycobacterium Infections
dc.subjectSentinel Surveillance
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSpecies Specificity
dc.title'Emerging' mycobacteria in South Africa
dc.typeReview
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