Article
Mycobacterium immunogenum sp. nov., a novel species related to Mycobacterium abscessus and associated with clinical disease, pseudo-outbreaks and contaminated metalworking fluids: an international cooperative study on mycobacterial taxonomy.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2001
Wilson R W, Steingrube V A, Böttger E C, Springer B, Brown-Elliott B A, Vincent V, Jost K C, Zhang Y, Garcia M J, Chiu S H, Onyi G O, Rossmoore H, Nash D R, Wallace R J
Abstract excerpt
PCR-restriction enzyme pattern analysis of a 439 bp hsp65 gene segment identified 113 unique isolates among non-pigmented rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) from clinical and environmental sources that failed to match currently recognized species patterns. This group represented 40% of isolates recovered from bronchoscope contamination pseudo-outbreaks, 0% of disease-associated nosocomial outbreaks and 4% of...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Chaperonin 60
- Chaperonins
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Disease Outbreaks
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Humans