title: Failure of PCR-Based IS6110 analysis to detect vertebral spondylodiscitis caused by Mycobacterium bovis.
abstract: Mycobacterium bovis is responsible for a zoonosis originating in cattle. We report a case of a man with vertebral spondylodiscitis caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Diagnosis was complicated because of the lack of IS6110. These strains are rare, but microbiologists should be aware of their existence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Steensels
authors.forename: Maryse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fauville-Dufaux
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boie
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Beenhouwer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002417:Cattle; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial