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Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 38:217-220 (2002)
© 2002 American Animal Hospital Association

Retrospective Study

Rapidly Growing Members of the Genus Mycobacterium Affecting Dogs and Cats

Spencer S. Jang, BA and Dwight C. Hirsh, DVM, PhD

From the Microbiology Service, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, California 95616.

Rapidly growing members of the genus Mycobacterium were most often associated with chronic (2 to 72 months), nonhealing skin lesions of dogs and cats. Mycobacterium fortuitum (M. fortuitum) was the most commonly isolated mycobacterium obtained from these lesions, although M. chelonae-abscessus and M. flavescens were occasionally encountered. Isolates were tested in vitro to various antimicrobial agents and found to be susceptible to amikacin (100% of the isolates), cefoxitin (93.8%), ciprofloxacin (75%), clarithromycin (71.4%), doxycycline (28.6%), erythromycin (6.2%), gentamicin (68.8%), kanamycin (75%), minocycline (81.3%), streptomycin (14.3%), tobramycin (43.8%), trimethoprim/sulfonamides (57.1%), and vancomycin (15.4%).




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