Human-to-human transmission of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in immunocompetent patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1249-1251

  Sunder, S ^a,f   Lanotte, P ^a,b   Godreuil, S ^c   Martin, C ^d   Boschiroli, M L ^e   Besnier, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^f Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT; ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOLIGOTYPING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249087870     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02042-08     Document Type: Article

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