%0 Journal Article %T Use of slide scrape lysates for polymerase chain reaction confirmation of disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection in a cat %A Betty P. Lockerbie %A Hilary J. Burgess %A Tanya R. Marshall %J Archive of "The Canadian Veterinary Journal". %D 2019 %X Disseminated mycobacteriosis in a 3-year-old domestic medium-haired cat was diagnosed on lymph node cytology. Slide scrape lysates from the cytology submission were used to confirm Mycobacterium avium by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing and proved a simple technique that could be a valuable tool in veterinary diagnostics and research %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6340257/