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Table 5 Mycobacteria isolated from field collected samples from cervids

From: Isolation of mycobacteria from clinical samples collected in the United States from 2004 to 2011

Cervid

Isolate

Count

Antelope

Mycobacterium avium complex

1

Deera

No. Submissions

3693

 

Mycobacterium bovis

35

 

Mycobacterium avium complex

29

 

Unable to Speciate

20

 

Mycobacterium terrae complex

14

 

Mycobacterium terrae

11

 

Mycobacterium fortuitum

10

 

Mycobacterium abscessus

7

 

Mycobacterium fortuitum complex

6

 

Mycobacterium smegmatis

5

 

Mycobacterium asiaticum

2

 

Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum

2

 

Mycobacterium shimoidei

1

 

Mycobacterium gastri

1

 

Mycobacterium alvei

1

 

Mycobacterium kubicae

1

 

Mycobacterium engbackii

1

 

Mycobacterium kansasii

1

 

Mycobacterium septicum

1

 

Mycobacterium triviale

1

 

Mycobacterium scrofulaceum

1

 

Mycobacterium pulveris

1

Elkb

No. Submissions

390

 

Mycobacterium bovis

46

 

Mycobacterium avium complex

32

 

Unable to Speciate

13

 

Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum

5

 

Mycobacterium intermedium

2

 

Mycobacterium kansasii

2

 

Mycobacterium simiae

1

 

Mycobacterium septicum

1

 

Mycobacterium abscessus

1

 

Mycobacterium goodii

1

 

Mycobacterium fortuitum

1

 

Mycobacterium szulgai

1

 

Mycobacterium gadium

1

 

Mycobacterium fortuitum complex

1

 

Mycobacterium thermoresistibile

1

Fallow Deer

No. Submisions

77

 

Mycobacterium bovis

32

 

Mycobacterium avium complex

8

 

Mycobacterium fortuitum complex

2

 

Mycobacterium simiae

2

 

Mycobacterium smegmatis

1

 

Mycobacterium nebraskense

1

 

Mycobacterium holsaticum

1

 

Unable to Speciate

1

  1. a Includes white-tailed and mule deer.
  2. b Includes Red and Sika Deer.