Human and animal infections with Mycobacterium microti, Scotland
Francis Xavier Emmanuel1, Amie-Louise Seagar, Christine Doig
1Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|February 9, 2008
Abstract:
During 1994-2005, we isolated Mycobacterium microti from 5 animals and 4 humans. Only 1 person was immunocompromised. Spoligotyping showed 3 patterns: vole type, llama type, and a new variant llama type.
