This report describes a case of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a green-winged macaw (Ara chloroptera), confirmed by microbiologic and pathologic diagnostics, and notes a possible human–avian transmission. Clinical signs included cutaneous swellings, profound leukocytosis, and signs of osteomyelitis in the long bones. Proliferation consisted of several nodules with small greenish-caseous foci in cross-section and revealed a severe granulomatous inflammation with intralesional acid-fast rods. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from subcutaneous nodules and biochemically confirmed. The disease in avian species is of zoonotic importance.
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1 December 2006
Possible Human–Avian Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Green-Winged Macaw (Ara chloroptera)
Hanspeter W. Steinmetz,
Corinne Rutz,
Richard K. Hoop,
Paula Grest,
Carla Rohrer Bley,
Jean-Michel Hatt
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Avian Diseases
Vol. 50 • No. 4
December 2006
Vol. 50 • No. 4
December 2006
leukocytosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
osteomyelitis
psittacine
soft tissue swelling