Tenosynovitis caused by a novel nontuberculous Mycobacterium species initially misidentified as a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
J Clin Microbiol
; 52(12): 4414-8, 2014 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-25253791
ABSTRACT
We present a case of tenosynovitis caused by a novel, slowly growing, nonchromogenic, nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM). Originally misidentified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, the NTM cross-reacts with the M. tuberculosis complex nucleic acid hybridization probe, a M. tuberculosis gamma interferon release assay, and is closely related to M. tuberculosis by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tenossinovite
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Micobactérias não Tuberculosas
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Infecções por Mycobacterium não Tuberculosas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Microbiol
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos