title: Isolation of the newly described species Mycobacterium celatum from AIDS patients.
abstract: Mycobacterium celatum is a recently described species which, on the basis of conventional tests, may be misidentified as Mycobacterium xenopi or as belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex. Only genomic sequencing or high-performance liquid chromatography of cell wall mycolic acids can presently allow a correct identification of this mycobacterium. Two cases of infection due to M. celatum, in AIDS patients, are described here. The quantitative susceptibility pattern of the isolates to a wide spectrum of drugs is also reported.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Microbiologia e Virologia, Ospedale di Careggi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tortoli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piersimoni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bacosi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoloni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Betti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bono
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burrini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Sio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lacchini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantella
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009171:Mycolic Acids