Recurrent catheter-related infection caused by a single clone of Mycobacterium chelonae with two colonial morphotypes.
We describe herein a recurrent catheter-related (Port-A-Cath; Smiths Industries Medical Systems [SIMS] Deltec, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.) infection caused by multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium chelonae with two colonial morphotypes in a 53-year-old woman with gastric adenocarcinoma. Four isolates recovered from this patient within a 3-month period were found to belong to a single clone on the basis of the isolates' identical antibiotypes as determined by the E test and their identical random amplified polymorphic DNA patterns.
Hsueh
P R
PR
Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
Teng
L J
LJ
Yang
P C
PC
Chen
Y C
YC
Ho
S W
SW
Luh
K T
KT
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications