Mycobacterium gordonae infection in a colony of African clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis)

• Published in: Laboratory animals (London) Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 300 - 303
• Main Authors: Sanchez-Morgado, Jose M, Gallagher, Alec, Johnson, Linda K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2009
• Subjects: African clawed frogs; Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis; Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis - veterinary; analysis; animal communities; animal diseases; Animals; Animals, Laboratory; disease detection; disease diagnosis; disease transmission; DNA, Bacterial; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; frogs; genetics; Granuloma; Granuloma - microbiology; Granuloma - pathology; Granuloma - veterinary; Humans; isolation & purification; laboratory animals; microbiology; molecular epidemiology; mycobacterial diseases; Mycobacterium gordonae; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - pathology; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - veterinary; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - genetics; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - isolation & purification; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - pathogenicity; pathogen identification; pathogenicity; pathology; polymerase chain reaction; Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary; risk factors; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sequence Analysis, DNA - veterinary; signs and symptoms (animals and humans); skin; skin diseases; Skin Diseases, Bacterial; Skin Diseases, Bacterial - microbiology; Skin Diseases, Bacterial - pathology; Skin Diseases, Bacterial - veterinary; veterinary; Xenopus; Xenopus tropicalis; Xenopus; Mycobacterium; amphibian; polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
• ISSN: 0023-6772; 1758-1117; 1758-1117
• DOI: 10.1258/la.2008.008035

Mycobacterium gordonae is an occasional human pathogen associated with cutaneous infections and nodular granulomatous skin lesions. A case of cutaneous nodular infection caused by M. gordonae in a colony of African clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis) is described and confirms this organism to be an opportunistic frog pathogen.