Abstract
Mycobacterium massiliense is a rapidly growing mycobacterium that is indistinguishable from Mycobacterium chelonae/M. abscessus by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We sequenced rpoB, sodA, and hsp65 genes from isolates previously identified as being M. chelonae/M. abscessus and identified M. massiliense from isolates from two patients with invasive disease representing the first reported cases in the United States.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics
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Bacterial Typing Techniques*
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Chaperonin 60
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Chaperonins / genetics
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology
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DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / genetics*
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mycobacterium / classification*
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Mycobacterium / enzymology
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Mycobacterium / genetics
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Mycobacterium / isolation & purification
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Mycobacterium Infections / epidemiology*
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Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
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Sequence Analysis, DNA*
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United States / epidemiology
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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Chaperonin 60
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium
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DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
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RNA polymerase beta subunit
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Chaperonins