Human and canine pulmonary Mycobacterium bovis infection in the same household: Re-emergence of an old zoonotic threat?

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-91

  Shrikrishna, D ^a   De La Rua Domenech, R ^b   Smith, N H ^c,d   Colloff, A ^c   Coutts, I ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BCG VACCINATION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALAISE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TANDEM REPEAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 58349098328     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.106302     Document Type: Article

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