Tuberculosis patients co-infected with Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an urban area of Brazil

Tuberculosis patients co-infected with Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an urban area of Brazil

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In this cross-sectional study, mycobacteria specimens from 189 tuberculosis (TB) patients living in an urban area in Brazil were characterised from 2008-2010 using phenotypic and molecular speciation methods (pncA gene and oxyR pseudogene analysis). Of these samples, 174 isolates simultaneously grew...

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Main Authors: Marcio Roberto Silva, Adalgiza da Silva Rocha, Ronaldo Rodrigues da Costa, Andrea Padilha de Alencar, Vania Maria de Oliveira, Antônio Augusto Fonseca Júnior, Mariana Lázaro Sales, Marina de Azevedo Issa, Paulo Martins Soares Filho, Omara Tereza Vianello Pereira, Eduardo Calazans dos Santos, Rejane Silva Mendes, Ângela Maria de Jesus Ferreira, Pedro Moacyr Pinto Coelho Mota, Philip Noel Suffys, Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
zoonotic tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000300321

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