Wilkins E G, Griffiths R J, Roberts C
Thorax. 1986 Sep;41(9):685-7. doi: 10.1136/thx.41.9.685.
During 1969-84 Mycobacterium bovis was isolated from 20 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. This represented less than 1% of the total cases of respiratory tuberculosis confirmed bacteriologically at the Liverpool Public Health Laboratory during this period. All 20 patients were considered to have reactivated disease and all presented with the typical features of respiratory tuberculosis. During the same period four cases of pulmonary infection by Mycobacterium africanum were recognised. This organism is difficult to differentiate from M bovis and failure to distinguish the two mycobacteria could lead to a misleading epidemiological picture of bovine tuberculosis in man.
1969年至1984年间，从20例肺结核患者中分离出牛分枝杆菌。这占同期利物浦公共卫生实验室经细菌学确诊的呼吸道结核病总病例数的不到1%。所有20例患者均被认为患有复发性疾病，且均表现出呼吸道结核病的典型特征。同期还确诊了4例非洲分枝杆菌肺部感染病例。这种微生物很难与牛分枝杆菌区分开来，无法区分这两种分枝杆菌可能会导致关于人类牛结核病的流行病学情况产生误导。
