Mycobacterium bovis Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Algeria

Abstract

We analyzed 98 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates collected in 2 regions of Algeria in 2015–2018 from 93 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. We identified 93/98 isolates as M. tuberculosis lineage 4 and 1 isolate as M. tuberculosis lineage 2 (Beijing). We confirmed 4 isolates as M. bovis by whole-genome sequencing.

Keywords

• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Mycobacterium bovis
• whole-genome sequencing
• Algeria
• bacteria