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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
Biblioraphy Information
| ArticleTitle |
Mycobacteriosis around human, animals, and environments |
| Language |
J |
| AuthorList |
Takayuki Wada1), Shiomi Yoshida2,3), Tokuma Yanai4) |
| Affiliation |
1) Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
2) Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
3) Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center
4) Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University |
| Publication |
J.J.C.M.: 27 (3), 139-148, 2017 |
| Received |
May 8, 2017 |
| Accepted |
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| Abstract |
Genus Mycobacterium includes many human pathogen species such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. Recently, the prevalence of tuberculosis in the Japanese population has shown a gradual decreasing trend to approximately 15 in 100,000 people. In contrast, the incidence of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM) infections is increasing dramatically. In addition to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), which infects a large number of patients, many bacterial species such as M. marinum, causing mainly skin symptoms, and M. kansasii, shown to be linked with air pollution, have been reported to infect humans, and details on the sources of these infections are unknown. These bacteria can essentially survive in the natural environment and can be also be isolated from domesticated animals and livestock. Important clues of pathways of propagation will be obtained from the analysis and comparison of these bacteria on the gene level in molecular epidemiological analysis. However, to date, there are few detailed analyses on bacterial strains isolated from non-human cases, which also include species identification. In this review, the genetic background and conditions of isolation of mycobacterial species from animals and the environment, and cases experienced by the authors are discussed for several acid-fast bacterial species known to infect humans. In addition, mycobacterial diseases are overviewed from bacteriological and ecological perspectives. Furthermore, coordination with fields of medicine, veterinary medicine, and ecology in the research in these fields are discussed. |
| Keywords |
One Health |
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