BACTERIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF UNUSUAL MYCOBACTERIA ISOLATED FROM IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS

Authors
SIDDIQI SH LASZLO A BUTLER WR KILBURN JO
Citation
Sh. Siddiqi et al., BACTERIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF UNUSUAL MYCOBACTERIA ISOLATED FROM IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS, Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 16(4), 1993, pp. 321-323
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease → ACNP
ISSN journal
07328893
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
321 - 323
Database
ISI
SICI code
0732-8893(1993)16:4<321:BIOUMI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Mycobacterial isolates from blood and other extrapulmonary sites of si x patients with AIDS were investigated because the isolates grew only in liquid media and failed to grow on solid culture media even on subc ulturing. Our investigations indicated that these mycobacteria possess common, but unusual, characteristics and probably belong to an unreco gnized species recently reported as ''Mycobacterium genavense.''