title: Discordant molecular characterization results in a Mycobacterium avium complex strain isolated from an AIDS patient.
abstract: This report describes an unusual strain of Mycobacterium avium complex isolated from the sputum of an immunocompromised AIDS patient, which did not react with the MAC probe of the BDProbe Tec system, but was identified as Mycobacterium intracellulare by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Its PCR restriction-enzyme analysis pattern was compatible with an allelic variant of M. avium. It was scotochromogenic, slow-growing and phenotypically identified as Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. Its clinical significance is not certain.
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2Department of Medical Technology, Foo-Yin Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 3Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 4Dept of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tsi-Shu
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2Department of Medical Technology, Foo-Yin Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 3Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 4Dept of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Susan Shin-Jung
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2Department of Medical Technology, Foo-Yin Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 3Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 4Dept of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yao-Shen
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2Department of Medical Technology, Foo-Yin Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 3Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 4Dept of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hui-Zin
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2Department of Medical Technology, Foo-Yin Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 3Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 4Dept of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wen-Kuei
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2Department of Medical Technology, Foo-Yin Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 3Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 4Dept of Internal Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yung-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D015359:Mycobacterium scrofulaceum / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S