Polyresistant Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Human and Sympatric Sheep, Spain, 2017-2018

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;27(4):1241-1243. doi: 10.3201/eid2704.204467.

Abstract

The main etiologic agent of tuberculosis (TB) in livestock is Mycobacterium bovis; human TB cases caused by M. bovis are rare. Analysis of a TB outbreak caused by polyresistant M. bovis involving a human and sympatric sheep in Spain suggests local circulation of drug-resistant M. bovis strains among livestock.

Keywords: Mycobacterium bovis; One Health; Spain; Tuberculosis; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; drug resistance; livestock; sheep; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Livestock
  • Mycobacterium bovis*
  • Sheep
  • Spain
  • Tuberculosis* / epidemiology