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D Buhl

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PubMed2004

Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis: from animal to man and back.

Rare cases of tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis have been described in humans who have been exposed to cattle or other infected animals. We report a case of tuberculosis in cattle exposed to a patient infected with M. bovis, where the strain isolated in the cattle and the patient were identical. As the patient is reported to have been exposed and contaminated during childhood, this seems to be the first documented case of transmission of M. bovis from animal to man and back to animal.

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PubMed2003

False-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture revealed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.

BACKGROUND: The microbiological analysis of respiratory specimens is the most reliable approach to diagnose active pulmonary tuberculosis. PATIENT AND METHODS: We report a 60-year-old female patient (index patient) who underwent diagnostic bronchoscopy for chronic cough. No acid-fast bacilli were detected in bronchial washings. Although cough subsided with symptomatic treatment, Mycobacterium tuberculosis grew on egg-based media after 12 weeks. A false-positive culture result was suspected. Chart review and DNA fingerprinting were carried out. RESULTS: The bronchoscope used to examine the index patient was previously used for a 30-year-old patient (source patient) with smear- and culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis based on the IS 6110 element confirmed that the two strains were identical. CONCLUSION: Cross-contamination is a reason for false-positive cultures with M. tuberculosis and should be suspected in patients with a low clinical probability for active tuberculosis.

DNA Fingerprinting↗
PubMed1997

[Filaria: a tropical disease as the etiology of acute scrotum].

In the diagnosis and treatment of acute scrotal pain and swelling it is important to differentiate between testicular torsion and epididymo-orchitis. A special case of a thirty-eight-year-old male asylant from Nepal was presented in the urological service with acute scrotal pain. To exclude testicular torsion, a diagnostic exploration of the scrotum was done with the findings of an acute funiculitis with abscess formation. Under surgical drainage of abscess together with medical treatment the acute inflammation disappeared. The diagnosis of filarial funiculitis was made after identifying the microfilariae in a blood vessel and in the peripheral blood smear. A filaricide medication with diethylcarbamacine citran was administered with good symptomatic relief.

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Brucellosis: an occupational hazard for medical laboratory personnel. Report of five cases.

Five cases of laboratory-acquired infection with Brucella melitensis are reported. This pathogen is highly contagious when handled in the laboratory. Clinicians should alert technologists when brucellosis is suspected so that specimens are handled under the most stringent safety measures. Serological surveys and instructions of laboratory workers regarding the clinical diversity of the disease are helpful for early recognition of secondary cases. On the other hand, clinicians should consider brucellosis in medical laboratory workers with unexplained signs and symptoms.

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