[Disseminated Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis in an aged female patient without HIV infection].
The authors report the case of a woman affected by disseminated infection caused by Mycobacterium bovis, without risk exposure and immunodeficiency. There were chest and urinary localisations and bacteremia. Usually, M bovis is responsible of chest tuberculosis, in patients with professional exposure. Disseminated forms usually affect patients with immunodeficiency. Bacteria may be responsible of about 1% of tuberculosis, but real frequency is not known, because of its non specific report.
Dumars
A
A
Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, CHU La Miletrie, Poitiers, France.
Roblot
P
P
Burucoa
C
C
Roblot
F
F
Breton
I
I
Becq-Giraudon
B
B
D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*