TY - JOUR AU - Niemann, Stefan AU - Richter, Elvira AU - Dalügge-Tamm, Helga AU - Schlesinger, Hejko AU - Graupner, Dietrich AU - Königstein, Bodo AU - Gurath, Gudrun AU - Greinert, Ulf AU - Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine T1 - Two Cases of Mycobacterium microti-Derived Tuberculosis in HIV-Negative Immunocompetent Patients T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2000 VL - 6 IS - 5 SP - 539 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe two cases of Mycobacterium microti infection causing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-seronegative immunocompetent patients in Germany. The isolates were identified as M. microti of the llama and vole types, according to spoligotype patterns. Our data demonstrate that M. microti can cause severe pulmonary TB in immunocompetent patients. KW - Mycobacterium microti KW - Tuberculosis,TB KW - M. Microti KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid0605.000516 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/5/00-0516_article ER - End of Reference