Mycobacterium africanum Cases, California

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 921-923

  Desmond, Edward ^a   Ahmed, Ameena T ^a   Probert, William S ^a   Ely, Janet ^a   Jang, Yvonne ^a   Sanders, Cynthia A ^a   Lin, Shou Yean ^a   Flood, Jennifer ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; DELETION MUTANT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 2142811008     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1005.030016     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Adler JJ, Rose DN. Transmission and pathogenesis of tuberculosis. In: Rom WN, Garay SM, editors. Tuberculosis. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co.; 1996. p. 129-40.
2. Grange JM, Yates MD. Incidence and nature of human tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium africanum in southeast England. Epidemiol Infect 1989;103:127-32.
3. Grosset J, Decroix G, Sors C. Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium africanum in African Negroes in the Paris area. Revue de Tuberculose et de Pneumologie (Paris) 1971;35:430-6.
4. Viana-Niero C, Gutierrez C, Sola C, Filliol I, Boulahbal F, Vincent V, et al. Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium africanum clinical isolates based on IS6110-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, spoligotyping, and variable number of tandem repeats. J Clin Microbiol 2001;39:57-65.
5. Brosch R, Gordon SV, Marmiesse M, Brodin P, Buchrieser C, Eiglmeier K, et al. A new evolutionary scenario for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002;99:3684-9.
6. van Embden JDA, Cave MD, Crawford JT, Dale JW, Eisenach KD, Gicquel B, et al. Strain identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by DNA fingerprinting: recommendations for a standardized methodology. J Clin Microbiol 1993;31:406-9.
7. Mazurek GH, Cave MD, Eisenach KD, Wallace RJ, Bates JH, Crawford JT. Chromosomal DNA fingerprint patterns produced with IS6110 as strain-specific markers for epidemiologic study of tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol 1991;29:2030-3.
8. Kamerbeek J, Schouls L, Kolk A, van Agterveld M, van Soolingen D, Kuijper S, et al. Simultaneous detection and strain differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for diagnosis and epidemiology. J Clin Microbiol 1997;35:907-14.
9. Kent P, Kubica G. Public health mycobacteriology: a guide for the level III laboratory. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control; 1985.
10. Salfinger M, Reller LB, Demchuk B, Johnson ZT. Rapid radiometric method for pyrazinamide susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Res Microbiol 1989;140:301-9.
11. Sreevatsen S, Escalante P, Pan X, Gillies DA II, Siddiqui S, Khalaf CN, et al. Identification of a polymorphic nucleotide in oxyR specific for Mycobacterium bovis. J Clin Microbiol 1996;34:2007-10.
12. David HL, Jahan M-T, Jumin A, Grandry J, Lehman EH. Numerical taxonomy analysis of Mycobacterium africanum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1978;28:467-72.
13. Frothingham R, Strickland PL, Bretzel G, Ramaswamy S, Musser JM, Williams DL. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Mycobacterium africanum isolates from West Africa. J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:1921-6.
14. Niemann S, Richter E, Rusch-Gerdes S. Differentiation among members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by molecular and biochemical features: evidence for two pyrazinamide-susceptible subtypes of M. bovis. J Clin Microbiol 2000;38:152-7.