title: Mycobacterium neoaurum bacteremia in a hemodialysis patient.
abstract: Bacteremia due to Mycobacterium neoaurum, a rapidly growing mycobacterium, is described in a diabetic woman on hemodialysis. This is the first reported case of M neoaurum bacteremia in Canada. The organism initially grew on standard BacT/Alert SA aerobic blood cultures, and was subsequently positively identified using 16S rRNA sequence analysis. The present case serves to reinforce the need for a high index of clinical suspicion of infections caused by unusual microorganisms in the context of an immunocompromised host.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
authors.forename: Marissa L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Amar A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Suchak
authors.forename: Joyce N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zarychanski
authors.forename: Amin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kabani
authors.forename: Lindsay E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Nicolle