title: Mycobacterium africanum cases, California.
abstract: Five Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in California were identified as M. africanum by spoligotyping, single nucleotide polymorphisms, a deletion mutation, and phenotypic traits, confirming it as a cause of tuberculosis in the United States. Three of the five patients from whom M. africanum was isolated had lived in Africa.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, Richmond, California 93804, USA. edesmond@dhs.ca.gov
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Desmond
authors.forename: Ameena T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Probert
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ely
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Shou-Yean
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002140:California; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009841:Oligonucleotides