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Failure of PCR-Based IS6110 analysis to detect vertebral spondylodiscitis caused by Mycobacterium bovis
Deborah Steensels1, Maryse Fauville-Dufaux, Johan Boie
1Department of Microbiology, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|November 9, 2012
Abstract:
Mycobacterium bovis is responsible for a zoonosis originating in cattle. We report a case of a man with vertebral spondylodiscitis caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Diagnosis was complicated because of the lack of IS6110. These strains are rare, but microbiologists should be aware of their existence.
