Against All Odds: Molecular Confirmation of an Implausible Case of Bone Tuberculosis

We report the use of typing based on a variable number of tandem repeats of genetic elements called “mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units” to clarify a puzzling situation involving a patient with an exceptional case of spondylodiskitis that initially led to the suspicion of a possible event o...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inClinical infectious diseases Vol. 42; no. 11; pp. e86 - e88
Main Authors Loïez, Caroline, Willery, Eve, Legrand, J.-Louis, Vincent, Véronique, Gutierrez, Maria Cristina, Courcol, René J., Supply, Philip
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The University of Chicago Press 01.06.2006
Subjects
Aged, 80 and over
Humans
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular - microbiology
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:We report the use of typing based on a variable number of tandem repeats of genetic elements called “mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units” to clarify a puzzling situation involving a patient with an exceptional case of spondylodiskitis that initially led to the suspicion of a possible event of laboratory cross-contamination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Bibliography:istex:C76C5CE138840CCF1080DCE45935285751368581
ark:/67375/HXZ-PLCC56Z5-V
ObjectType-Case Study-2
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-4
content type line 23
ObjectType-Report-1
ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/503571