Mycobacterium orygis Lymphadenitis in New York, USA

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Oct;23(10):1749-1751. doi: 10.3201/eid2310.170490.

Abstract

We report a case of lymphadenitis caused by Mycobacterium orygis in an immunocompetent person in Stony Brook, New York, USA. Initial real-time PCR assay failed to provide a final subspecies identification within the M. tuberculosis complex, but whole-genome sequencing characterized the isolate as M. orygis.

Keywords: G1113A; New York; Rv2042c; USA; United States; antelope; bacteria; genome; gyrB gene; lymphadenitis; lymphoma; mycobacterium orygis; oryx; rhesus monkey; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; waterbuck.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Emigrants and Immigrants
  • Female
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • India
  • Lymph Nodes / microbiology
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphadenitis / diagnosis*
  • Lymphadenitis / microbiology
  • Lymphadenitis / pathology
  • Mycobacterium / classification
  • Mycobacterium / genetics*
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification
  • New York
  • Phylogeny
  • Whole Genome Sequencing