Mycobacterium caprae in cattle and humans in Croatia

• Published in: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease Vol. 11; no. 6; pp. 652 - 658
• Main Authors: Cvetnic, Katalinic-Jankovic, Sostaric, Spicic, Obrovac, Marjanovic, Benic, Kirin, Vickovic
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris, France IUATLD 01.06.2007; Union internationale contre la tuberculose et les maladies respiratoires
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Animals; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial Typing Techniques - veterinary; Biological and medical sciences; Cattle; Croatia; Dairying; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Female; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Milk - microbiology; Miscellaneous; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium bovis - classification; Mycobacterium bovis - genetics; Mycobacterium bovis - isolation & purification; Mycobacterium Caprae; Pneumology; Prevention and actions; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Treatment Outcome; Tuberculin Test - veterinary; Tuberculosis - diagnosis; Tuberculosis - drug therapy; Tuberculosis - genetics; Tuberculosis - microbiology; Tuberculosis - transmission; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Tuberculosis, Bovine - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Bovine - genetics; Tuberculosis, Bovine - pathology; Tuberculosis, Bovine - transmission; Zoonoses; Europe; Croatia; Epidemic; Human; Mycobacterium; Bovine; Mycobacterium caprae; cattle; Mycobacterial infection; Infection; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Tuberculosis; Mycobacteriales; Animal; Bacteriosis; Mycobacteriaceae; Bacteria; Actinomycetes; Artiodactyla; humans; Ungulata; Public health; Pneumology; Croatia

SETTING: This paper describes an outbreak of human and related bovine tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium caprae in Croatia. A 13-year-old boy clinically presented enlargement of cervical lymph node with consecutive isolation of M. caprae. His 7-year-old sister, who had no clinical signs of di...