Cutaneous TB caused by Mycobacterium bovis in a veterinary surgeon following exposure to a tuberculous alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

Vet Rec. 2010 Feb 6;166(6):175-7. doi: 10.1136/vr.b4780.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Camelids, New World
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium bovis / genetics
  • Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification*
  • Occupational Diseases / etiology
  • Occupational Diseases / microbiology
  • Occupational Exposure / adverse effects*
  • Tuberculosis / transmission
  • Tuberculosis / veterinary*
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / microbiology