Pulmonary infection caused by an unusual, slowly growing nontuberculous Mycobacterium.
Mycobacterium triplex, a recently described slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium, was isolated from a Finnish patient with pulmonary mycobacteriosis. The disease was successfully treated with antimycobacterial drugs. The strain isolated, which was similar to the type strain but differed slightly from the species description, was regarded as a variant of M. triplex sensu stricto. According to present knowledge this variant of the species has never been isolated before.
Suomalainen
S
S
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. sini.suomalainen@helsinki.fi
Koukila-Kähkölä
P
P
Brander
E
E
Katila
M L
ML
Piilonen
A
A
Paulin
L
L
Mattson
K
K
D000368:Aged; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S