Interstitial pulmonary inflammation due to Microbacterium sp. after heart transplantation.
A coryneform bacterium was isolated from the bronchoalveolar aspirate of a patient with interstitial pulmonary inflammation. Commercial systems identified the isolate as Corynebacterium sp. or Aureobacterium sp./Corynebacterium aquaticum, but 16S rRNA gene analysis unequivocally attributed it to the genus Microbacterium. This represents the first documented case of Microbacterium pulmonary infection.
Dipartimento di Igiene e Microbiologia 'G. D'Alessandro', Università di Palermo, I-90127 Palermo, Italy.
Giovanni M
GM
Giammanco
Dipartimento 'G. F. Ingrassia' Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Catania, I-95100 Catania, Italy.
Sarina
S
Pignato
Unité Biodiversité Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France.
Patrick A D
PAD
Grimont
Unité Biodiversité Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France.
Francine
F
Grimont
Carmelita
C
Santangelo
Giuseppe
G
Leonardi
Angelo
A
Giuffrida
Vivian
V
Legname
Dipartimento 'G. F. Ingrassia' Igiene e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Catania, I-95100 Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe
G
Giammanco
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S