Infection with Mycobacterium microti in animals in France

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Mar;53(3):981-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02713-14. Epub 2014 Dec 24.

Abstract

We describe here 35 animal cases of tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium microti in France (2002-2014). Recently, molecular tools that overcome the difficulty of confirming infection by this potentially zoonotic agent have revealed an increasing number of cases, suggesting that its prevalence may have been underestimated.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Animals, Wild
  • France / epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium / classification
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis / veterinary*