Isolation and identification of Mycobacterium neoaurum from a patient with urinary infection.
Mycobacterium neoaurum is a novel species of Mycobacteria, until now only isolated from catheters in immunosuppressed patients. This report describes the isolation and identification of M. neoaurum from urine obtained from a hospitalized patient.
Zanetti
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Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università degli studi di Sassari, Italy.
Faedda
R
R
Fadda
G
G
Dupré
I
I
Molicotti
P
P
Ortu
S
S
Delogu
G
G
Sanguinetti
M
M
Ardito
F
F
Sechi
L A
LA
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S