CERVICAL LYMPHADENITIS DUE TO AN UNUSUAL MYCOBACTERIUM

Authors
TORTOLI E KIRSCHNER P SPRINGER B BARTOLONI A BURRINI C MANTELLA A SCAGNELLI M SCARPARO C SIMONETTI MT BOTTGER EC
Citation
E. Tortoli et al., CERVICAL LYMPHADENITIS DUE TO AN UNUSUAL MYCOBACTERIUM, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 16(4), 1997, pp. 308-311
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09349723
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
308 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(1997)16:4<308:CLDTAU>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A scotochromogenic acid-fast bacillus was isolated from a lymph node o f a 2-year-old female. On the basis of conventional testing, the mycob acterium appeared to be Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. Its mycolic acid p rofile, however, was not identical to that of Mycobacterium scrofulace um but was similar to that of Mycobacterium interjectum. Direct sequen cing of the 16S rRNA gene revealed a unique nucleic acid sequence, sug gesting that the isolate represents a previously undescribed pathogeni c species.