Discordant molecular characterization results in a Mycobacterium avium complex strain isolated from an AIDS patient

Tsi Shu Huang, Susan Shin Jung Lee, Yao Shen Chen, Hui Zin Tu, Wen Kuei Huang, Yung Ching Liu

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Abstract

This report describes an unusual strain of Mycobacterium avium complex isolated from the sputum of an immunocompromised AIDS patient, which did not react with the MAC probe of the BDProbe Tec system, but was identified as Mycobacterium intracellulare by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Its PCR restriction-enzyme analysis pattern was compatible with an allelic variant of M. avium. It was scotochromogenic, slow-growing and phenotypically identified as Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. Its clinical significance is not certain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)681-683
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Medical Microbiology
Volume54
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Microbiology (medical)

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