ABSTRACT
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ABSTRACT
An animal keeper was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) after bi-annual screening for latent TB infection in zoo employees. In the same period, several bonobos of the zoo were suffering from TB as well. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from both the animal keeper and the bonobos appeared identical. We provide evidence that the animals infected their keeper.
Subject(s)
Animals, Zoo , Hominidae , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Primate Diseases/microbiology , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/microbiology , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/veterinary , Zoonoses/microbiology , Animals , HumansABSTRACT
A young female health professional was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Source finding and contact tracing was initiated by the regional municipal health service using both tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON(®)-TB Gold (QFT-GIT (IGRA). The strain appeared near-identical to that of an elderly Dutch patient.
