Mycobacterium africanum cases, California

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May;10(5):921-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1005.030016.

Abstract

Five Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in California were identified as M. africanum by spoligotyping, single nucleotide polymorphisms, a deletion mutation, and phenotypic traits, confirming it as a cause of tuberculosis in the United States. Three of the five patients from whom M. africanum was isolated had lived in Africa.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Africa
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • California
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Female
  • Gene Deletion
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium / classification*
  • Mycobacterium / genetics
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Oligonucleotides / genetics
  • Phenotype
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Oligonucleotides