Otro
Mycobacterium DNA detection in liver and skin of a horse with generalized sarcoidosis
Registro 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
Autor
Oliveira-Filho, Jose P.
Monteiro, Lidianne N.
Delfiol, Diego Jose Z.
Sequeira, Julio Lopes
Amorim, Rogerio Martins
Fabris, Viciany E.
Del Piero, Fabio
Borges, Alexandre Secorun
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.