https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2007.490

Mycobacterium Bovis infection in children in the same family: transmission through inhalation

Vol. 67 No. 3 (2007): Pulmonary series
Submitted: February 3, 2016
Accepted: February 3, 2016
Published: February 3, 2016
Mycobacterium bovis, inhalation, transmission
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A.A. Velayati
Department of Pediatric, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shaheed Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Darabad, Tehran, Iran.
P. Farnia
pfarnia@hotmail.com
Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shaheed Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Darabad, Tehran, Iran.
M.R. Boloorsaze
Department of Pediatric, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shaheed Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Darabad, Tehran, Iran.
M.F. Sheikholslami
Mycobacteriology Research Centre, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shaheed Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Darabad, Tehran, Iran.
S. Khalilzadeh
Department of Pediatric, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shaheed Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Darabad, Tehran, Iran.
S.S. Hakeeme
Department of Pediatric, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shaheed Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Darabad, Tehran, Iran.
M.R. Masjedi
Department of Internal Medicine, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shaheed Beheshti University Of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Darabad, Tehran, Iran.
Two children in the same family were infected with Mycobacterium bovis (“M. bovisâ€). The molecular typing showed an identical source of infection. Althoughon school of thought was that the route of transmission was by ingestion of contaminated dairy milk, in other it was thought to be by air-borne transmission. The presentation highlighted the possibility of M. bovis infection in the pediatrics populations through aerosols.

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Velayati, A.A., P. Farnia, M.R. Boloorsaze, M.F. Sheikholslami, S. Khalilzadeh, S.S. Hakeeme, and M.R. Masjedi. 2016. “Mycobacterium Bovis Infection in Children in the Same Family: Transmission through Inhalation”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 67 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2007.490.

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