First Confirmed Case of Zoonotic Transmission of RR-TB from a Dog to a Human, a Neglected Mode of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Infection—Case Report and Review of the Literature

First Confirmed Case of Zoonotic Transmission of RR-TB from a Dog to a Human, a Neglected Mode of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Infection—Case Report and Review of the Literature

<i>Mycobacterium (M.) tuberculosis</i> mostly spreads from active tuberculosis (TB) patients to human contacts, although human-to-animal and animal-to-human transmission has been described. Here, we present a rare case of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) transmission from a comp...

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Main Authors: Ljiljana Zmak, Marija Gomercic Palcic, Mihaela Obrovac, Ivana Folnozic, Drazen Strelec, Irena Reil, Ana Miljan, Maja Zdelar-Tuk, Sanja Duvnjak, Diana Mihalac, Danka Jovetic, Silvio Spicic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>
RR/MDR-TB
zoonoses
dog–human transmission
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/14/7/684
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