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Volume 12, Number 9—September 2006
Dispatch

Mycobacterium bovis Infection, Lyon, France

Sophie Mignard*†Comments to Author , Catherine Pichat*, and Gerard Carret*†
Author affiliations: *Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Lyon, France; †Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lyon, France

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Table 2

Spoligotyping and MIRU typing results

Patient Strain Spoligotype IP* International spoligotype† MIRU type‡ Spoligotypes
SO M. bovis 481 SB0121 23232 42533 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
GD M. bovis BCG 482 SB0120 22232 42533 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
BS M. bovis 482 SB0120 23232 42512 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
MB M. bovis Not present Not present 23232 42533 22 ■■□□□□□■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■□□□■□□□□□□□□□□■□□□□□
KA M. bovis 482 SB0120 22232 52523 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
GA M. ovis 481 SB0121 23232 42333 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
PC M. bovis 482 SB0120 23232 42423 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
TG M. bovis 482 SB0120 23232 42523 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
FJ M. bovis 482 SB0120 22232 42523 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
OM M. bovis Not present SB0914 23242 42533 22 ■■□■■■■■□□□■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
GA M. bovis 482 SB0120 23202 42523 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
BL M. bovis BCG 482 SB0120 21232 42533 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□
RM M. bovis 482 SB0120 22231 43533 22 ■■□■■■■■□■■■■■■□■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■□□□□□

*IP, Pasteur Institute Spoligotype Database; available from http://www.pasteur-guadeloupe.fr/tb/spoldb3/spoldb3.pdf
†International Spoligotype Database; available from http://www.Mbovis.org (10).
‡Mycobacterial interspersed repeat units (MIRU) type described by Supply et al. (11; available at http://www.ibl.fr/mirus/mirus.htm).

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