Isolation of an unusual mycobacterium from an AIDS patient

J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Sep;34(9):2316-9. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.9.2316-2319.1996.

Abstract

A mycobacterium isolated from a clinical sample of an AIDS patient was identified as Mycobacterium interjectum by direct 16S rRNA sequence determination. High-performance liquid chromatography, however, revealed a mycolic acid pattern which was different from the one shared by the previously analyzed strains of this species.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / microbiology*
  • Adult
  • Base Sequence
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycobacterium / genetics
  • Mycobacterium / growth & development
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • RNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics*
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis

Substances

  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S