title: Mycobacterium                      bovis infection in a young Dutch adult: transmission from an elderly human source?
abstract: A young female health professional was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Source finding and contact tracing was initiated by the regional municipal health service using both tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold (QFT-GIT (IGRA). The strain appeared near-identical to that of an elderly Dutch patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. o.w.akkerman@umcg.nl
authors.forename: Onno
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akkerman
authors.forename: Kees
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van der Loo
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nijmeijer
authors.forename: Tjip
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van der Werf
authors.forename: Bert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Soolingen
authors.forename: Adri
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Zanden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D009726:Nurses; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D007371:Interferon-gamma