Infection of a Free-Living Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) with a Bacterium from the Mycobacterium kansasii Complex.

The presented case of MKC member isolation from the tissues of a wild boar can be contrasted with the results of research by Ronai et al. [[45]], who by examining 49 strains of mycobacteria isolated from this animal species, ruled out the presence of I M. kansasii i in the studied population. 2015; 10e0144878 24 Mycobacterium kansasii Hauduroy 1955Available online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=info&id=1768(accessed on 3 April 2022) 25 García-Jiménez W.L., Benítez-Medina J.M., Martínez R., Carranza J., Cerrato R., García-Sánchez A., Risco D., Moreno J.C., Sequeda M., Gómez L. Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) from Southern Spain: Epidemiological, Clinical and Diagnostic Concerns. The described case of a wild boar infection by MKC is the first documented case in Poland and the second in Europe and brings to light the presence of this pathogen, which is dangerous to life for animals and humans, among free-living animals. Taking into account the popularity of hunting wild boar, potential poaching and the fact that wild boar is living more and more close to humans, there is a risk of transmission of the pathogen to humans and in consequence to farm and domestic animals [[46]]. [Extracted from the article]