title: Recurrent catheter-related infection caused by a single clone of Mycobacterium chelonae with two colonial morphotypes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Luh
mesh_terms: 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