Mycobacterium DNA detection in liver and skin of a horse with generalized sarcoidosis

J Vet Diagn Invest. 2012 May;24(3):596-600. doi: 10.1177/1040638712440996.

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a rare equine skin disease characterized primarily by an exfoliative and granulomatous dermatitis but also presenting granulomatous inflammation of multiple systems. The current report presents the clinical and histopathological findings of sarcoidosis in a 16-year-old American Quarter Horse gelding with nested polymerase chain reaction Mycobacterium spp. DNA detection within hepatic and skin samples. Mycobacterium spp. may play a role in the pathogenesis of equine sarcoidosis as has been proposed for human sarcoidosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Horse Diseases / microbiology*
  • Horse Diseases / pathology
  • Horses
  • Immunohistochemistry / veterinary
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium / genetics
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium Infections / pathology
  • Mycobacterium Infections / veterinary*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • Sarcoidosis / microbiology
  • Sarcoidosis / pathology
  • Sarcoidosis / veterinary*
  • Skin Diseases / microbiology
  • Skin Diseases / pathology
  • Skin Diseases / veterinary*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial