First Isolation of Mycobacterium virginiense From a Human Pulmonary Specimen

Ann Lab Med. 2019 Nov;39(6):596-598. doi: 10.3343/alm.2019.39.6.596.

Authors

Jaewan Jung¹, In Young Yoo¹, Byung Woo Jhun², Won Jung Koh², Nam Yong Lee¹, Hee Jae Huh³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. pmhhj77@gmail.com.

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mycobacteriaceae / classification
Mycobacteriaceae / drug effects
Mycobacteriaceae / genetics
Mycobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / chemistry
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / classification
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sputum / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Supplementary concepts

Mycolicibacter virginiensis