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

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...

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Autores principales: de Val, Bernat Pérez, Romero, Beatriz, Tórtola, María Teresa, León, Laura Herrera, Pozo, Pilar, Mercader, Irene, Sáez, Jose Luís, Domingo, Mariano, Vidal, Enric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33755008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204467
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Sumario: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.

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