Research Article
Pulmonary Disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Horse: Zoonotic Concerns and Limitations of Antemortem Testing
Table 1
Human contact testing results.
| Group | Gendera | Age, years | Country of origin | Chest X-ray | T-SPOT.TB |
| | M | 93 | Italy | Neg | NDb | Owner, companion, veterinarian, and pathologists | F | 45 | Switzerland | Neg | Neg | M | 61 | Switzerland | Neg | Pos | M | 50 | Switzerland | ND | Neg | | F | 32 | Italy | ND | Neg |
| Workers in stable | M | 65 | Switzerland | Neg | Indeterminatec | F | 65 | Switzerland | Neg | ND | M | 48 | Portugal | Neg | Neg | M | 79 | Switzerland | Nodule, non-TB | ND | M | 57 | Bosnia | Neg | Pos | F | 55 | Bosnia | Neg | Neg | M | 58 | Bosnia | Neg | Neg |
| Farriers | M | 19 | Switzerland | Neg | Neg | M | 55 | Switzerland | Neg | Neg | M | 21 | Switzerland | Neg | Neg | F | 23 | Switzerland | Neg | Neg | M | 26 | Switzerland | Neg | Neg | M | 44 | France | Neg | Pos | M | 26 | France | Neg | Neg | M | 51 | Turkey | Neg | Pos |
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aM, male; F, female
bND, not done
cTested indeterminate repeatedly.
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