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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1998, p. 3412-3414, Vol. 36, No. 11
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Molecular Characterization of Bacillus Strains Involved in Outbreaks of Anthrax in France in 1997

Guy Patra,1,dagger Josée Vaissaire,2 Martine Weber-Levy,1 Claudine Le Doujet,2 and Michèle Mock1,*

Unité des Toxines et Pathogénie Bactériennes (URA CNRS 1858), Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris,1 and Unité des Zoonoses Bactériennes, Laboratoire Central de Recherches Vétérinaire, Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche, CNEVA Alfort, 94700 Maisons-Alfort,2 France

Received 2 April 1998/Returned for modification 4 June 1998/Accepted 21 July 1998

Outbreaks of anthrax zoonose occurred in two regions of France in 1997. Ninety-four animals died, and there were three nonfatal cases in humans. The diagnosis of anthrax was rapidly confirmed by bacteriological and molecular biological methods. The strains of Bacillus anthracis in animal and soil samples were identified by a multiplex PCR assay. They all belonged to the variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) group (VNTR)3. A penicillin-resistant strain was detected. Nonvirulent bacilli related to B. anthracis, of all VNTR types, were also found in the soil.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité des Toxines et Pathogénie Bactériennes, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: (33) 1 45 68 83 12. Fax: (33) 1 45 68 89 54. E-mail: mmock{at}pasteur.fr.

dagger Present address: Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510-4625.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1998, p. 3412-3414, Vol. 36, No. 11
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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