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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2009, p. 1249-1251, Vol. 47, No. 4
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02042-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Human-to-Human Transmission of Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium bovis in Immunocompetent Patients {triangledown}

S. Sunder,1* P. Lanotte,2,3 S. Godreuil,4 C. Martin,5 M. L. Boschiroli,6 and J. M. Besnier1,2

CHRU de Tours, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Tours, France,1 Université François Rabelais, Tours, France,2 CHRU de Tours, Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Tours, France,3 CHU Montpellier, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Montpellier, France,4 CHU Dupuytren, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Limoges, France,5 AFSSA, Unité des Zoonoses Bactériennes, Maisons-Alfort Cedex, France6

Received 21 October 2008/ Returned for modification 19 November 2008/ Accepted 18 January 2009

Human-to-human transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in two immunocompetent patients from the same family was confirmed by spoligotyping (pattern F35, which was only observed in cattle from the same area in France). A single allelic difference between animal and human isolates was observed with mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units containing variable-number tandem repeats, suggesting a jump across the species barrier.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, F-37044 Tours, France. Phone: 33.2.47.47.37.14. Fax: 33.2.47.47.37.31. E-mail: simsunder{at}hotmail.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 26 January 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2009, p. 1249-1251, Vol. 47, No. 4
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02042-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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