title: Against all odds: molecular confirmation of an implausible case of bone tuberculosis.
abstract: We report the use of typing based on a variable number of tandem repeats of genetic elements called "mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units" to clarify a puzzling situation involving a patient with an exceptional case of spondylodiskitis that initially led to the suspicion of a possible event of laboratory cross-contamination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France. c-loiez@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loïez
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Willery
authors.forename: J-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Legrand
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: René J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Courcol
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Supply
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D020071:Interspersed Repetitive Sequences; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology