Primary Mycobacterium bovis infection revealed by erythema nodosum

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Aug;15(8):1131-2. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0582.

Abstract

Mycobacterium bovis is responsible for a zoonosis originating in cattle. This disease has rarely affected man in industrialised countries since the establishment of veterinary surveillance in cattle. We report the case of a young female patient who developed a Mycobacterium bovis primary infection revealed by erythema nodosum. Infection was probably due to the consumption of non-pasteurised milk in Morocco. This clinical manifestation is rare and physicians ought to be aware of this imported pathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cattle
  • Erythema Nodosum / drug therapy
  • Erythema Nodosum / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Milk / microbiology*
  • Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis, Bovine / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Bovine / transmission
  • Young Adult
  • Zoonoses*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents