Isolation of an unusual mycobacterium from an AIDS patient

E Tortoli; P Kirschner; A Bartoloni; C Burrini; V Manfrin; A Mantella; M Scagnelli; C Scarparo; M T Simonetti; E C Böttger

doi:10.1128/jcm.34.9.2316-2319.1996

Isolation of an unusual mycobacterium from an AIDS patient

J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Sep;34(9):2316-9. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2316-2319.1996.

Authors

E Tortoli¹, P Kirschner, A Bartoloni, C Burrini, V Manfrin, A Mantella, M Scagnelli, C Scarparo, M T Simonetti, E C Böttger

Affiliation

¹ Laboratorio di Microbiologia e Virologia, Ospedale di Careggi, Florence, Italy. [email protected]

Abstract

A mycobacterium isolated from a clinical sample of an AIDS patient was identified as Mycobacterium interjectum by direct 16S rRNA sequence determination. High-performance liquid chromatography, however, revealed a mycolic acid pattern which was different from the one shared by the previously analyzed strains of this species.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / microbiology*
Adult
Base Sequence
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Mycobacterium / genetics
Mycobacterium / growth & development
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
RNA, Bacterial / analysis
RNA, Bacterial / genetics*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics*
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Analysis

Substances

RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S