The usefulness of MIRU-VNTR for typing M. avium subsp. avium (MAA) and M. avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) strains was assessed. 30 strains were tested against 8 markers. Two of them failed to give satisfactory results. Other 6 markers revealed remarkable homogeneity of the strains. There was one code discovered for MAA isolates, one for MAH pig isolates and 2 for MAH human isolates. However, the codes of the respective groups of strains differed. Preliminary results indicate that MIRU-VNTR typing seems to have considerably limited usefulness for differentiation of M. avium strains.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 2944634During a twelve-year period 4311 TB patients were registered at Central Registry for TB Golnik, Slovenia. 3510 (81.4%) were culture positive. In 3505 cases (99.86%), active TB was proven by isolation of M. tuberculosis while M. caprae and M. bovis BCG were isolated in 4 cases (0.11%) and 1 case (0.03%), respectively. In animals, bovine TB caused by M. caprae was diagnosed in cattle (n=4) and in 3 animals (bisons and camel) from a zoological garden. M. bovis has not been identified, neither in humans nor in animals.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 2944634