Detection of Mycobacterium angelicum in Human Urinary Tract, French Polynesia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Jul;29(7):1490-1492. doi: 10.3201/eid2907.221864.

Abstract

We definitively characterized Mycobacterium angelicum, an aquatic zoonotic opportunistic pathogen of the M. szulgai complex, using a polyphasic approach that included whole-genome sequencing. The sequence was obtained on the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, from a urine specimen collected from a patient experiencing a urinary tract infection.

Keywords: French Polynesia; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium angelicum; bacteria; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; whole-genome sequencing; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous* / diagnosis
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous* / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium* / genetics
  • Polynesia / epidemiology
  • Urinary Tract*

Supplementary concepts

  • Mycobacterium angelicum