Artigo
Mycobacterium DNA detection in liver and skin of a horse with generalized sarcoidosis
Fecha
2012-05-01Registro en:
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Inc, v. 24, n. 3, p. 596-600, 2012.
1040-6387
10.1177/1040638712440996
WOS:000307116300022
WOS000307116300022.pdf
3409765424060945
9259769491807020
9643433706163946
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Louisiana State Univ
Resumen
Sarcoidosis is a rare equine skin disease characterized primarily by an exfoliative and granulomatous dermatitis but also presenting granulomatous inflammation of multiple systems. The current report presents the clinical and histopathological findings of sarcoidosis in a 16-year-old American Quarter Horse gelding with nested polymerase chain reaction Mycobacterium spp. DNA detection within hepatic and skin samples. Mycobacterium spp. may play a role in the pathogenesis of equine sarcoidosis as has been proposed for human sarcoidosis.