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ArticleThe Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences2004

Molecular and histopathologic evidence for systemic infection by Mycobacterium bovis in a patient with tuberculous enteritis, peritonitis, and meningitis: a case report.

Cheng-Yu Wei, Yung-Hsiang Hsu, Wen-Jen Chou, Chan Ping Lee, Wen-Long Tsao

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Article in The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng-Yu WeiDepartment of Neurology, Hualien Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
Yung-Hsiang Hsu
Wen-Jen Chou
Chan Ping Lee
Wen-Long Tsao
Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital · TWHualien Tzu Chi Medical Center · TWTzu Chi University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycobacterium bovis infection has been reported in several patients with AIDS in other countries. The prevalence of tuberculosis in Taiwan is higher than the World Health Organization standard. However, reports of M. bovis infection are rare. A 47-year-old male had the habit of drinking uncooked fresh deer's blood and unpasteurized deer's milk. He suffered from acute abdominal pain and underwent emergency laparotomy. Pathology demonstrated tuberculosis enteritis with colon perforation. The molecular diagnosis by nested polymerase chain reaction assay and single-strand conformation polymorphism assay showed M. bovis infection in the small intestine, mesenteric lymph nodes, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Our results suggest that the most likely portal of entry of M. bovis is the gastrointestinal rather than the respiratory tract. Ingested M. bovis from unpasteurized deer's milk probably entered the mucosal macrophages of the intestine and then the draining mesenteric lymph nodes. As immunity declined, bacilli from the mesenteric lymph nodes disseminated to other organs and into the CSF.

Indexed as

Animal HusbandryAnimalsCattleDeerDNA, BacterialEnteritisHumansMaleMiddle AgedMycobacterium bovisPeritonitis, TuberculousPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Single-Stranded ConformationalTaiwanTuberculosis, BovineTuberculosis, MeningealDNA, Bacterial

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PMID15253472
PMCPMC11917569
OpenAlexW1995566421

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