In:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 37, No. 4 ( 1999-04), p. 1193-1196
Abstract:
A rapidly growing mycobacterium similar to strains in the present Mycobacterium fortuitum complex ( M. fortuitum , M. peregrinum , and M. fortuitum third biovariant complex [sorbitol positive and sorbitol negative]) was isolated from a surgically placed central venous catheter tip and three cultures of blood from a 2-year-old child diagnosed with metastatic hepatoblastoma. The organism’s unique phenotypic profile and ribotype patterns differed from those of the type and reference strains of the M. fortuitum complex and indicate that this organism may represent a new pathogenic taxon.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0095-1137
,
1098-660X
DOI:
10.1128/JCM.37.4.1193-1196.1999
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Society for Microbiology
Publication Date:
1999
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1498353-9
SSG:
12
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