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Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a parrot (Amazona farinosa).
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Medical MicrobiologyPulmonary TuberculosisMycobacterium Tuberculosis InfectionMicrobial DiseaseZoonotic DiseaseTuberculosis PreventionMycobacterium TuberculosisGeneralized TuberculosisTuberculosisBone MarrowMicrobiologyInfection ControlMedicineClinical Microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from a mealy parrot (Amazona farinosa). The bird had tubercles in the membrana nictitans, larynx, kidney, liver, spleen, and bone marrow. Inoculation of bone marrow material produced a generalized tuberculosis in 3 guinea pigs.