@article{oai:rakuno.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002323,
 author = {SAKAGUCHI, Kanako and IIMA, Hiroko and HIRAYAMA, Kazuko and 岡本, 実 and MATSUDA, Kazuya and 松田, 一哉 and MIYASHO, Taku and 宮庄, 拓 and KASAMATSU, Masahiko and HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro and TANIYAMA, Hiroyuki},
 issue = {9},
 journal = {The journal of veterinary medical science},
 month = {Sep},
 note = {Article, We report an atypical mycobacterial infection in an Indian flap-shelled turtle, Lissemys punctata punctata, that died in an aquarium in Japan. At necropsy, the turtle showed multiple white nodules on the capsular surface and parenchyma of various organs such as the liver, spleen, intestine, and lung. Histologically, granulomatous inflammation surrounding a central zone of necrosis was observed. Sections stained by the Ziehl-Neelsen method revealed numerous acid-fast bacilli in the cytoplasm of macrophages and in the central area of necrosis. The organisms were identified as a mycobacterial species by PCR and nucleotide sequence analysis and revealed 98-100% homology to M. ulcerans. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of mycobacteriosis due to M. ulcerans in a turtle.},
 pages = {1217--1220},
 title = {Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in an Indian Flap-Shelled Turtle (Lissemys punctata punctata)},
 volume = {73},
 year = {2011}
}