Mycobacteremia caused by simultaneous infection with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare detected by analysis of a BACTEC 13A bottle with the Gen-Probe kit.
Simultaneous infection with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare in an AIDS patient was suspected after direct analysis of two BACTEC 13A blood cultures with the Gen-Probe kit for M. avium complex. A mixed infection was confirmed by evaluating isolated colonies. The Gen-Probe kit may provide a simple technique for detecting mixed M. avium-M. intracellulare infections.
Conville
P S
PS
Clinical Pathology Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Keiser
J F
JF
Witebsky
F G
FG
D000328:Adult; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*
D015341:Nucleic Acid Probes