Report of two cases of Mycobacterium europaeum from Iran

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2012;65(6):539-41. doi: 10.7883/yoken.65.539.

Abstract

Herein, we report repeated isolation of Mycobacterium europaeum from the sputum samples of an Iranian human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient and a cystic fibrosis patient with chronic pulmonary disease. To our knowledge, this is the first isolation of M. europaeum from human clinical specimens in Asia to be reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Chaperonin 60 / genetics
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cystic Fibrosis / complications
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / genetics
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • Humans
  • Iran
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycobacterium / classification
  • Mycobacterium / genetics
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium Infections / pathology
  • Phylogeny
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / pathology
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sputum / microbiology

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Chaperonin 60
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
  • RNA polymerase beta subunit

Associated data

  • GENBANK/FR682914
  • GENBANK/FR682915
  • GENBANK/FR686461
  • GENBANK/FR686462
  • GENBANK/FR686464
  • GENBANK/FR686465
  • GENBANK/FR695851
  • GENBANK/FR695852