A case of Manila type Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Japan

Osamu Usami; Chie Nakajima; Shiro Endo; Shinya Inomata; Hajime Kanamori; Yoichi Hirakata; Bine Uchiyama; Mitsuo Kaku; Yasuhiko Suzuki; Toshio Hattori

doi:10.1002/ccr3.277

A case of Manila type Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Japan

Clin Case Rep. 2015 Jul;3(7):622-5. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.277. Epub 2015 Jun 5.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community Medical Support Donated by Miyagi Prefecture, Tohoku University Medical Megabank Organization Miyagi, Japan.
² The Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University Hokkaido, Japan ; Division of Bioresources, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University Hokkaido, Japan.
³ Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Internal Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine Miyagi, Japan.
⁴ Miyagi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center Miyagi, Japan.
⁵ The Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University Hokkaido, Japan.
⁶ Division of Disaster-Related Infectious Diseases International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University Miyagi, Japan.

Abstract

A 76-year-old Japanese woman contracted a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB, Manila type) infection in Japan, despite never having traveled. However, her son was treated for TB in the Philippines 3 years before he stayed at her house. Spoligotyping allows us to identify the TB genotype and identify the route of infection.

Keywords: Japan; Manila; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Spoligo-International-Type; spoligotyping.

Publication types

Case Reports