[Hospital pseudo-infections caused by Mycobacterium gordonae].
Sputum specimens from 15 patients with respiratory disease were reported to have positive cultures for Mycobacterium gordonae, an organism generally considered to be non-pathogenic for man. None showed typical radiological changes for mycobacteriosis. Mycobacterium gordonae was also isolated from some components of the aerosol therapy instrument. Because aerosol therapy was used for 4 patients only, we were not able to establish whether the Mycobacterium gordonae was only a colonizer. We suggest that its isolation in culture must be evaluated in an adequate clinical context before concluding that it is pathogenic.
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V
Foresti
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Villa
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N
Scolari
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E
Parisio
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F
Confalonieri
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000209:etiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
Pseudoinfezioni ospedaliere da Mycobacterium gordonae.