title: Mycobacterium arupense pulmonary infection: antibiotic resistance and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.
abstract: Mycobacterium arupense is a novel mycobacterium species. It was first identified from clinical specimens in 2006 and since then there have been only two reports of its recovery from clinical samples. In the present case M. arupense was isolated from the sputum of a 62-year-old man with a malignant mass in his left kidney, who presented with a one-month history of recurrent fever, dyspnea and haemoptysis. M. arupense was identified with sequencing of hsp65 and 16S rRNA genes. In the present study, its biochemical profile along with its resistance status and hsp65 RFLP analysis is presented.
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Neonakis
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gitti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kontos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baritaki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petinaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baritaki
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Liakou
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zerva
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Spandidos
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000235:genetics; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium