[A case of pulmonary multiresistant Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis in Madagascar]

Author(s): Ramarokoto H, Andrianasolo D, Rasolonavalona T, Ramaroson F, Razafitsiarovana I, Vincent V, Ratsimba L, Rasolofo Razanamparany V

Affiliation(s): Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, BP 1274, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Publication date & source: 2003, Arch Inst Pasteur Madagascar., 69(1-2):37-40.

Publication type: Case Reports

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.