Characterization of "Mycobacterium paraffinicum" associated with a pseudo-outbreak.
We describe the first "Mycobacterium paraffinicum" (unofficial taxon) pseudo-outbreak in a tertiary-care medical center. Fifteen clinical nontuberculous mycobacterium isolates from 10 patients were initially identified by biochemical tests and high-performance liquid chromatography as Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. However, further testing by molecular analysis revealed "M. paraffinicum." Epidemiological and environmental investigation determined that the ice machine was the source of the pseudo-outbreak.
Wang
Shu-Hua
SH
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Mangino
Julie E
JE
Stevenson
Kurt
K
Yakrus
Mitchell A
MA
Cooksey
Robert
R
Butler
W Ray
WR
Healy
Mimi
M
Wise
Mark G
MG
Schlesinger
Larry S
LS
Pancholi
Preeti
P
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology