Mycobacterium sherrisii isolation from a patient with pulmonary disease.
The characterization of 2 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium sherrisii provides further phenotypic and genotypic information beyond that reported in the article that originally described this species. One of our strains was responsible for pulmonary disease in a middle-aged non-HIV patient; thus, confirming the potential pathogenicity of this species previously reported only in an HIV-positive patient.
Tortoli
Enrico
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Regional Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Careggi Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy. e.tortoli@libero.it
Mariottini
Alessandro
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Mazzarelli
Gianna
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D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D018833:Chaperonins / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium; D018833:Chaperonins