title: Identification of Mycobacterium neoaurum isolated from a neutropenic patient with catheter-related bacteremia by 16S rRNA sequencing.
abstract: A rapidly growing pigmented mycobacterial strain with an ambiguous biochemical profile was isolated from the blood culture taken through the Hickman catheter of a 9-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Whole-cell fatty acid analysis showed that the best match profile was that of Mycobacterium aurum, but the similarity index was only 0.217, meaning that there were no good matches between the isolate and the organisms in the database of the Microbial Identification System. The 16S rRNA gene of the mycobacterial strain was amplified, agarose gel purified, and sequenced. There were 44 base differences between the gene sequence of the isolate and that of M. aurum but only one base difference between the sequence of the isolate and that of Mycobacterium neoaurum, showing that the isolate was indeed a strain of M. neoaurum by using this "gold standard." This represents the first case of M. neoaurum infection documented by 16S rRNA sequencing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Tsoi
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Lum
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kam
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yuen
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S