Resumen de Mycobacteria: Mycobacterium microti detection in French wildlife

Lorraine Michelet, Krystel de Cruz, Yohann Phalente, Claudine Karoui, Sylvie Hénault, Maria-Laura Boschiroli

• Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), a group of major human and animal pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis. M microti was originally described as the cause of tuberculosis (TB) in wild rodents, but it can also infect other animal species and has even been described as a potential zoonotic agent (Cavanagh and others 2002, Panteix and others 2010)....