First isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis from commercial pasteurized milk in Argentina

Fernando Paolicchi, Karina Mariela Cirone, Claudia Morsella, Andrea Gioffré

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology · 2012 · 30 citations · 15 references

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Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis was isolated from two out of seventy samples (2.86 %) of pasteurized and ultra-pasteurized milk. The isolates were positives to IS900 PCR and showed a C17 RFLP pattern, the most prevalent in Argentina. The present study is the first report of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis culture from pasteurized milk in Argentina.

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