Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human to cattle

Matjaz Ocepek; Mateja Pate; Manca Zolnir-Dovc; Mario Poljak

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3555-3557.2005

Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human to cattle

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jul;43(7):3555-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3555-3557.2005.

Authors

Matjaz Ocepek¹, Mateja Pate, Manca Zolnir-Dovc, Mario Poljak

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Abstract

We describe the first transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human to cattle confirmed by molecular typing of isolates involved in the transmission. IS6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis showed that the isolates from the cattle and farm worker who suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis 1 year prior to this case were the same strains.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / microbiology*
Cattle Diseases / transmission*
DNA Transposable Elements
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / transmission*
Zoonoses* / microbiology
Zoonoses* / transmission

Substances

DNA Transposable Elements