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Genotyping did not evidence any contribution of Mycobacterium bovis to human tuberculosis in Brazil.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jan 2011
Rocha Adalgiza, Elias Atina R, Sobral Luciana F, Soares Diego F, Santos Alexandre C, Marsico Ana-Grazia, Hacker Mariana A, Caldas Paulo C, Parente Luiz C, Silva Marcio R, Fonseca Leila, Suffys Philip, Boéchat Neio
Abstract excerpt
The contribution of Mycobacterium bovis to the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) in man is likely to be underestimated due to its dysgonic growth characteristics and because of the absence of pyruvate in most used media is disadvantageous for its primary isolation. In Brazil Mycobacterium culture, identification and susceptibility tests are performed only in TB reference centers, usually for selected cases....
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