Mycobacterium bovis Isolates with M. tuberculosis Specific Characteristics

Our study is the first report of exceptional Mycobacterium bovis strains that have some characteristics of M. tuberculosis. The strains were isolated from 8 patients living in Kazakhstan. While molecular markers were typical for M. bovis, growth characteristics and biochemical test results were inte...

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Autores principales: Kubica, Tanja, Agzamova, Rimma, Wright, Abigail, Rakishev, Galimzhan, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Niemann, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3374422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16704833
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.050200
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Sumario:Our study is the first report of exceptional Mycobacterium bovis strains that have some characteristics of M. tuberculosis. The strains were isolated from 8 patients living in Kazakhstan. While molecular markers were typical for M. bovis, growth characteristics and biochemical test results were intermediate between M. bovis and M. tuberculosis.

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