Abstract:
We report a case of pyogranulomatous
pneumonia due to infection with
Mycobacterium goodii in an adult female
spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). The lungs of
the animal showed consolidated, granulomatous
lesions, and they were extensively and
severely infiltrated. Polymerase chain reaction
sequencing of isolated crude lung tissue DNA,
and boiled lung culture samples, all confirmed
that the causative organism was M. goodii,
a recently described fast-growing organism
closely related to the nonpathogenic mycobacterial
species M. smegmatis. The current study
illustrates that this organism can be pathogenic
and cause extensive pulmonary disease.
