Molecular identification of Mycobacterium chimaera as a cause of infection in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

作者：Bills Nathan D; Hinrichs Steven H; Aden Tricia A; Wickert Robert S; Iwen Peter C^*

来源：Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2009, 63(3): 292-295.

DOI：10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.12.002

• Molecular identification
• Mycobacterium chimaera
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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. K 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.

• 出版日期2009-3