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- Title
Detection of Corynebacterium bovis infection in athymic nude mice from a research animal facility in Korea.
- Authors
Tae-Hyoun Kim; Dong-Su Kim; Ju-Hee Han; Seo-Na Chang; Kyung-Sul Kim; Seung-Hyeok Seok; Dong-Jae Kim; Jong-Hwan Park; Jae-Hak Park
- Abstract
Corynebacterium (C.) bovis infection in nude mice causes hyperkeratosis and weight loss and has been reported worldwide but not in Korea. In 2011, nude mice from an animal facility in Korea were found to have white flakes on their dorsal skin. Histopathological testing revealed that the mice had hyperkeratosis and Gram-positive bacteria were found in the skin. We identified isolated bacteria from the skin lesions as C. bovis using PCR and 16S rRNA sequencing. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of C. bovis infection in nude mice from Korea.
- Subjects
KOREA; CORYNEBACTERIUM diseases; NUDE mouse; WEIGHT loss; X disease in cattle; HISTOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE chain reaction; CATTLE
- Publication
Journal of Veterinary Science, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 4, p583
- ISSN
1229-845X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4142/jvs.2014.15.4.583