Detection of Corynebacterium bovis infection in athymic nude mice from a research animal facility in Korea

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Corynebacterium (C.) bovis infection in nude mice causeshyperkeratosis and weight loss and has been reportedworldwide but not in Korea. In 2011, nude mice from ananimal facility in Korea were found to have white flakes ontheir dorsal skin. Histopathological testing revealed that themice had hyperkeratosis and Gram-positive bacteria werefound in the skin. We identified isolated bacteria from theskin lesions as C. bovis using PCR and 16S rRNA sequencing. To the best of our knowledge, this is the firstreport of C. bovis infection in nude mice from Korea.

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