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Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018
Dispatch

Mycobacterium caprae Infection in Captive Borneo Elephant, Japan

Shiomi YoshidaComments to Author , Satomi Suga, Satoshi Ishikawa, Yasuhiko Mukai, Kazunari Tsuyuguchi, Yoshikazu Inoue, Taro Yamamoto, and Takayuki Wada
Author affiliations: Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan (S. Yoshida); National Hospital Organization Kinki-chuo Chest Medical Center Clinical Research Center, Sakai, Japan (S. Yoshida, K. Tsuyuguchi, Y. Inoue); Fukuyama Zoo, Fukuyama, Japan (S. Suga, S. Ishikawa, Y. Mukai); Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki (T. Yamamoto, T. Wada); Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki (T. Wada)

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Table 1

Summary of MTBC PCR-typing panel results in a study of Mycobacterium caprae infection in a Borneo elephant, Japan, 2016*

Organism RD9 TbD1 katG463 gyrA95 RD7 RD8 RD9 RD10 mmpL6551 RD12oryx RD1mic RDcan RDseal oxyR285 RD12bov RD13 RD4 pncA57 RD1BCG lepA katG315
“Ancentral” M. tuberculosis + + CTG AGC + + + + + + + + + G + + + C + – AGC
“Modern” M. tuberculosis + – CTG/CGG† AGC/ACC† + + + + + + + + + G + + + C + – AGC
M. africanum subtype I (WA-1) – + CTG AGC + + + + + + + + + G + + + C + – AGC
M. africanum subtype II (WA-2) – + CTG AGC – + + – + + + + + G + + + C + – AGC
M. orygis – + CTG AGC – + + – – – + + + G + + + C + – AGC
M. microti – + CTG AGC – + + – – + – + + G + + + C + – AGC
M. canettii – + CTG AGC – + + – – + + – + G + + + C + – AGC
M. pinnipedii – + CTG AGC – + + – – + + + – G + + + C + – AGC
M. caprae – + CTG AGC – + + – – – + + + A – – + C + + AGC
M. bovis – + CTG AGC – + + – – – + + + A – – – G + – AGC
M. bovis BCG – + CTG AGC – + + – – – + + + A – – – G – – AGC
EPCD01 in this study – + CTG AGC – + + – – – + + + A – – + C + + AGC
EPDC02 in this study – + CTG AGC – + + – – – + + + A – – + C + + ACC

*Includes a differential distribution of known single nucleotide polymorphisms among the MTBC species. MTBC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; RD, region of difference; +, positive; –, negative
†”Modern” M, tuberculosis strains are segregated to 2 and 3 in their respective principal genetic group based on the combinations of katG463-gyrA95 polymorphism.

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