MYCOBACTERIUM CONSPICUUM SP-NOV, A NEW SPECIES ISOLATED FROM PATIENTSWITH DISSEMINATED INFECTIONS

Authors
SPRINGER B TORTOLI E RICHTER I GRUNEWALD R RUSCHGERDES S USCHMANN K SUTER F COLLINS MD KROPPENSTEDT RM BOTTGER EC
Citation
B. Springer et al., MYCOBACTERIUM CONSPICUUM SP-NOV, A NEW SPECIES ISOLATED FROM PATIENTSWITH DISSEMINATED INFECTIONS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 33(11), 1995, pp. 2805-2811
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
33
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2805 - 2811
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1995)33:11<2805:MCSANS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A new type of slowly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacterium was re covered from two patients with disseminated disease. The growth charac teristics, acid fastness, and mycolic acids were consistent with those for Mycobacterium species. The results of biochemical investigations, lipid analyses, and comparative 16S rRNA sequencing showed that these isolates represent a new slowly growing Mycobacterium species which i s named Mycobacterium conspicuum.