Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3347858 | Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This report describes a case of Mycobacterium chimaera infection in a patient with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease where the organism was identified by using molecular methods. M. chimaera was identified from fresh lung tissue and from an instrument-negative mycobacterial growth indicator tube broth culture. The utility of using sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region for the rapid identification of a slow-growing nontuberculous Mycobacterium spp. where conventional culture methods were not successful was shown.
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Authors
Nathan D. Bills, Steven H. Hinrichs, Tricia A. Aden, Robert S. Wickert, Peter C. Iwen,