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.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Comparative Study
MeSH terms
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Bacteremia / etiology
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Bacteremia / microbiology*
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Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / complications
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Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
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Child, Preschool
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics
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Humans
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Liver Neoplasms / complications
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Male
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Mycobacterium / classification
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Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
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Mycobacterium / pathogenicity
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Mycobacterium Infections / etiology
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Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology*
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Mycobacterium fortuitum / classification
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Opportunistic Infections / etiology
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Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
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Phenotype
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Sepsis / etiology
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Sepsis / microbiology*