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A Case Report of Tsukamurella pulmonis Infection Misidentified as Atypical Mycobacteria비정형성 마이코박테리아로 잘못 동정된 Tsukamurella pulmonis 균혈증 1예
- Issue Date
- Jun-2010
- Publisher
- 대한임상미생물학회
- Keywords
- Tsukamurella pulmonis; Catheter; Bacteremia; Korea; Misidentification; Mycobacteria
- Citation
- Annals of Clinical Microbiology, v.13, no.2, pp 93 - 97
- Pages
- 5
- Journal Title
- Annals of Clinical Microbiology
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 93
- End Page
- 97
- ISSN
- 2288-0585
- Abstract
- We report a case of catheter-related bacteremia due to Tsukamurella pulmonis. T. pulmonis is a rare cause of opportunistic infection in immunosuppressed patients and in cases of indwelling foreign materials. This infection was nearly impossible to identify using conventional phenotyping methods because of its similarities to the related genera Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Gordonia, Streptomyces, Corynebacterium, and Mycobacterium. This organism was initially misidentified as Mycobacterium aubagnense through PCR-RFLP analysis. We correctly identified this organism using 16S rRNA sequencing combined with phenotyping tests.
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