TY - JOUR
T1 - Pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium arosiense, an easily misidentified pathogenic novel mycobacterium
AU - Tortoli, Enrico
AU - Adriani, Beatrice
AU - Baruzzo, Serena
AU - Degl'Innocenti, Roberto
AU - Galanti, Irene
AU - Lauria, Stefania
AU - Mariottini, Alessandro
AU - Pascarella, Michela
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - Mycobacterium arosiense is a newly described species. After noticing it was misidentified as Mycobacterium intracellulare by the commercial identification system GenoType CM (Hein, Nehren, Germany), we detected 4 such strains among 33 that were previously misidentified as M. intracellulare. Three more strains were found among unidentified mycobacteria not tested previously with GenoType. The first case of pulmonary disease due to M. arosiense is reported here, and the novel species, of which so far only one strain had been investigated, is further characterized.
AB - Mycobacterium arosiense is a newly described species. After noticing it was misidentified as Mycobacterium intracellulare by the commercial identification system GenoType CM (Hein, Nehren, Germany), we detected 4 such strains among 33 that were previously misidentified as M. intracellulare. Three more strains were found among unidentified mycobacteria not tested previously with GenoType. The first case of pulmonary disease due to M. arosiense is reported here, and the novel species, of which so far only one strain had been investigated, is further characterized.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.02449-08
DO - 10.1128/JCM.02449-08
M3 - Article
C2 - 19386835
AN - SCOPUS:66749190887
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 47
SP - 1947
EP - 1949
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 6
ER -