[A case of pulmonary multiresistant Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis in Madagascar]
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[A case of pulmonary multiresistant Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis in Madagascar]
Abstract
We report a chronic case of pulmonary tuberculosis in a Malagasy citizen from Antsohihy (West of Madagascar), who was infected with a multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium bovis strain. This is the first case reported of the isolation of such a strain in Madagascar.