title: Infections with Mycobacterium malmoense in England and Wales.
abstract: Mycobacterium malmoense has been isolated from 11 patients in England and Wales. It was thought to be the cause of pulmonary disease in 9 of them and cervical adenitis in 2. The cultural and biochemical characters of the species are described and its position in relation to the avium-intracellulare complex and the non-chromogenicum-terrae-triviale complex determined by matching coefficients using 88 characters. Brief details are given of the 11 cases.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009333:Neck; D014852:Wales