Occurrence and Clinical Relevance ofMycobacterium chimaerasp. nov., Germany

Autor:	Annette Petrich, Elvira Richter, Ulf B. Göbel, Petra Buchholz, Birgitta Schweickert, Annette Moter, Oliver Goldenberg
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Lung Diseases Microbiology (medical) Mycobacterium avium complex Epidemiology lcsh:Medicine molecular epidemiology Mycobacterium lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Microbiology Germany Humans lcsh:RC109-216 Clinical significance high-performance liquid chromatography atypical mycobacterium infections Mycobacterium Infections ribosomal DNA biology lcsh:R Chimaera sp Dispatch biology.organism_classification Molecular analysis Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection Infectious Diseases Lung disease molecular diagnostic techniques ribosomal spacer DNA
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 9, Pp 1443-1446 (2008) Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN:	1080-6059 1080-6040
DOI:	10.3201/eid1409.071032
Popis:	Retrospective molecular genetic analysis of 166 Mycobacterium intracellulare isolates showed that 143 (86%) strains could be assigned to Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov. Of 97 patients from whom M. chimaera sp. nov. was isolated, only 3.3% exhibited mycobacterial lung disease, whereas all M. intracellulare isolates caused severe pulmonary infections.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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