Sesline D H, Schwartz L W, Osburn B I, Thoen C O, Terrell T, Holmberg C, Anderson J H, Henrickson R V
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1975 Oct 1;167(7):639-45.
Naturally occurring Mycobacterium avium infection in 3 rhesus monkeys was characterized clinically and pathologically by intestinal and lymphoreticular involvement. Blood lymphocyte rosette formation and phytomitogen responses were depressed, whereas serum beta and gamma globulin concentrations were increased. Slow-growing, acid-fast, nonchromogenic bacilli isolated from lymph nodes taken at necropsy were identified as M avium serotypes 4, 18, and double types 1 and 8.
3只恒河猴自然发生的鸟分枝杆菌感染在临床和病理上的特征为肠道和淋巴网状组织受累。血液淋巴细胞玫瑰花结形成和植物血凝素反应降低,而血清β和γ球蛋白浓度升高。从尸检时采集的淋巴结中分离出的生长缓慢、抗酸、不产色素的杆菌被鉴定为鸟分枝杆菌血清型4、18以及1型和8型双重血清型。