Naslov
Mycobacterium caprae in Cattle and Humans in Croatia

Autori
Cvetnić, Željko ; Katalinić-Janković, Vera ; Šoštarić, Branko ; Špičić, Silvio ; Obrovac, Mihaela ; Marjanović, Sanja ; Benić, Miroslav ; Kristić Kirin, B. ; Vicković, Ivan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstract Book of the 28th Annual Congress of the European Society of Mycobacteriology : ESM 2007 / - , 2007, 105-105

Skup
28th Annual Congress of the European Society of Mycobacteriology : ESM 2007

Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 01.07.2007. - 04.07.2007

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Mycobacterium caprae; goveda; ljudi; Hrvatska; molekularne metode
(Mycobacterium caprae; cattle; humans; Croatia; molecular methods)

Sažetak
The paper describes the outbreak of human and related bovine tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae in Croatia. A 13-year old boy clinically presented enlargement of cervical lymph node with consecutive isolation of Mycobacterium caprae. His 7-year old sister with no clinical signs of disease hyperreacted to PPD (>25 mm) and peribronchial infiltration was found by radiology. The children came from family which ran a small-sized cattle dairy farm. All cattle from the farm were subject to cutaneous tuberculosis testing on which 6 out of 14 reacted positive while three were suspicious. Entire herd was slaughtered, carcasses examined, and collected material subjected to pertinent diagnostic procedures.Gross examination findings consistent with tuberculosis were observed in cows positive to PPD. Mycobacteria isolated from the boy and cattle were identified by classical and molecular methods, confirming Mycobacterium caprae as the causative agent. Although not bacteriologically proven, consumption of raw milk or non-pasteurized milk-products from infected dairy cattle was suspected as source of infection in humans. Our findings confirm domination of Mycobacterium caprae among cattle in Croatia and represent the first evidence of Mycobacterium caprae infection in humans in Croatia

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Veterinarska medicina

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