Two cases of pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp canetti.
We identified an unusual strain of mycobacteria from two patients with pulmonary tuberculosis by its smooth, glossy morphotype and, primarily, its genotypic characteristics. Spoligotyping and restriction fragment length polymorphism typing were carried out with the insertion sequence IS6110 patterns. All known cases of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium canetti have been contracted in the Horn of Africa.
Miltgen
Jean
J
Hôspital d'instuction des armées Laveran, Marseille, France. jean.miltgen@wanadoo.fr
Morillon
Marc
M
Koeck
Jean-Louis
JL
Varnerot
Anne
A
Briant
Jean-François
JF
Nguyen
Gilbert
G
Verrot
Denis
D
Bonnet
Daniel
D
Vincent
Véronique
V
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin