Mycobacterium bovis infection, Lyon, France.
In a 5-year retrospective study, we used spoligotyping and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units to type 13 strains of Mycobacterium bovis isolated from human sources. Despite the relatively high incidence of human tuberculosis caused by M. bovis (2%), these tools showed no clonal evolution and no relationships between the isolates.
Mignard
Sophie
S
Laboratoire de bacteriologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Lyon, France. sophie.mignard@chu-lyon.fr
Pichat
Catherine
C
Carret
Gerard
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002417:Cattle; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D020071:Interspersed Repetitive Sequences / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009841:Oligonucleotides