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2. Other Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
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Marvin J. Bittner and Laurel C. Preheim
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Tuberculosis ,biology ,business.industry ,Isoniazid ,Rifamycin ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,Pyrazinamide ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Microbiology ,Clarithromycin ,polycyclic compounds ,medicine ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,business ,Ethambutol ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The list of clinically important nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is growing as new species continue to be identified and older ones are found to be pathogenic. Molecular techniques such as real-time PCR and gene amplification and restriction length polymorphism are promising tools for rapid identification of NTM. Optimal therapy for a documented Mycobacterium gordonae infection remains undefined. The majority of isolates tested have been resistant in vitro to isoniazid and pyrazinamide, whereas many are susceptible to ethambutol, rifampin, clarithromycin, linezolid, and the fluoroquinolones. Unlike other nontuberculous mycobacteria, M. simiae produces niacin and thus may be confused with M. tuberculosis. M. simiae can colonize the respiratory tract, and the lung is the most commonly reported site of infection. The majority of reported infections have occurred in persons living near rivers or stagnant bodies of water. A recent open-label randomized trial conducted in Ghana compared two regimens for early, limited M. ulcerans infections. In this study, 73 of 76 patients who received streptomycin and rifampin for 8 weeks and 68 of 75 patients who received 4 weeks of streptomycin and rifampin followed by 4 weeks of rifampin and clarithromycin had healed lesions at 1 year after the start of treatment. Infections with M. xenopi have shown variable responses to drug therapy. Recommendations for initial therapy include isoniazid, a rifamycin, ethambutol, and clarithromycin with or without an initial course of streptomycin. Pyrazinamide and ciprofloxacin have been included in some successful regimens.
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- 2021
3. Klinik Örneklerden İzole Edilen Mycobacterium tuberculosis Kültür ve İlaç Duyarlılık Test Sonuçlarının Analizi ve Tüberküloz Dışı Mikobakterilerin Dağılımının İncelenmesi
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Tuğba Kula Atik, Alev Çetin Duran, and Nermin Özen
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Microbiology (medical) ,Tuberculosis ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,biology ,business.industry ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Drug susceptibility ,Mycobacterium abscessus ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Microbiology ,Infectious Diseases ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ,medicine ,Distribution (pharmacology) ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture ,business ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a significant public health problem worldwide. For mycobacteriology laboratories, it is important to be able to diagnose active cases and to make a differential diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). In this study, it was aimed to retrospectively evaluate the epidemiological status of the Mycobacterium [Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) and NTM] obtained from the clinical specimens of patients with TB suspicion, and the resistance rates of MTC isolates against anti-TB drugs. Various clinical samples of TB suspected patients sent to the Balikesir Ataturk City Hospital Mycobacteriology Laboratory between 2011 and 2019, were included in the study. Microscopy, culture procedures, and the first-line anti-TB drug susceptibility tests were performed according to the instructions. Identification of NTM at the species level could be made during four years including 2012, 2013, 2016, and 2017. In our study, acid fast bacillus (AFB) positivity rate was 4% (1.867/47.235); the culture positivity rate for MTC was 5.1% (1.576/31.017) and 1.1% (333/31.017) for NTM. AFB positivity was detected in 837 (53.1%) of the clinical specimens isolated from MTC. In the presence of AFB positivity, it was determined that bacterial growth was significantly higher in both liquid culture systems (LCS) and Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) media. The isolation rate of MTC isolates from LCS was determined as 95.3% (1.503/1.576) and the isolation rate from LJ was 67.4% (1.063/1.576). The bacterial growth rate was found to be significantly higher in LCS. The average bacterial growth time (ABGT) of AFB negative samples were 21.79 ± 9.96 days; 13.74 ± 8.13 days for AFB positive samples, and ABGT was significantly shorter in the case of AFB positivity. As the severity of AFB positivity increased, ABGT wasshortened which was statistically significant. While 783 (78%) of the isolates were found to be sensitive to all the tested drugs, 221 (22%) were found to be resistant to at least one drug. Eleven of them (1%) were identified as multidrug resistant-TB (MDR-TB) isolates. In our study, 16 different species were identified among 112 typed NTM isolates. Mycobacterium gordonae (25.0%), Mycobacterium avium complex (17.0%) (Mycobacterium intracellulare-11.6%, Mycobacterium avium-5.4%) and Mycobacterium abscessus (13.3%) were the most frequently isolated NTM species. As a result, nine-year results of the mycobacteriology laboratory in our region were analyzed and the MTC and NTM epidemiological data were determined for the first time.
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- 2020
4. Identification of mycobacteria species by molecular methods
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Hakan Kunduracilar
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Mycobacterium kansasii ,biology ,business.industry ,Mycobacterium scrofulaceum ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,Original Articles ,Dermatology ,Mycobacterium abscessus ,biology.organism_classification ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Mycobacterium szulgai ,Microbiology ,Bacterial Proteins ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ,Humans ,Medicine ,Surgery ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,business ,Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length ,Mycobacterium terrae - Abstract
In this study, mycobacteria, which were previously identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT) with cord factor and the p‐nitro‐alpha‐acetyl‐amino‐beta‐hydroxypropiophenone (NAP) test were reanalysed using the polymerase chain reaction—restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR‐RFLP) analysis method in order to confirm the identification, and at the same time, species accepted as MOTT were identified. Although the results of the NAP test were obtained within 3‐5 days, the PCR‐RFLP results were obtained in 1 day. Ten species identified as MTC with the NAP test and cord factor were confirmed with the PCR‐RFLP method. Fourteen species accepted as MOTT were identified as Mycobacterium species with the evaluation of the bands observed after the restriction of PCR product with the PCR‐RFLP method. These were as follows: three species Mycobacterium intracellulare type I, two species Mycobacterium phlei, two species Mycobacterium kansasii, one species Mycobacterium fortuitum type I, one species Mycobacterium gordonae type I, one species Mycobacterium abscessus type I, one species Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, one species Mycobacterium szulgai type I, one species Mycobacterium avium type II, and one species Mycobacterium terrae. Hence, the results of both the cord factor and the NAP test were confirmed with the molecular method, and at the same time, mycobacteria species identification was made by determining the fastest, easiest, and the most accurate result‐giving method. Because PCR‐RFLP is a very rapid method that provides exact identification of mycobacteria species, it can be performed in routine procedures.
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- 2019
5. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Humans, Animals, and Water in Zambia: A Systematic Review
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Musso Munyeme, Panji Nkhoma, Mildred Zulu, Sydney Malama, and Ngula Monde
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,Transmission (medicine) ,Public health ,030106 microbiology ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Environmental health ,Pandemic ,medicine ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental opportunistic pathogens of humans and animals that are emerging with a serious public health impact particularly in individuals with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes. Recent scientific evidence is shifting from NTMs being known as traditional environmental organisms to serious pathogenic organisms in both animals and humans. In humans, factors attributable to this rise have been linked mainly to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome pandemic. In recent years there has been an increase in multidrug resistant Tuberculosis in Zambia and it is thought that NTMs could possibly be the cause. This study was therefore formulated to review available information on the prevalence of NTM in humans, animals and the environment, species distribution, zoonotic potential and public health importance in Zambia. This review was conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. A literature search was done in PubMed and Google scholar using predefined search terms such as ‘nontuberculous mycobacteria’, ‘atypical mycobacteria’, ‘mycobacteria other than mycobacterium tuberculosis’ and ‘Zambia’, in combination with Boolean operators (AND, OR). This particular systematic review draws findings based on literature search between 2000 and 2020. Through literature search 243 papers were identified, 23 duplicates were identified and removed and 206 articles were excluded as they did not meet the inclusion criteria. The full text of the remaining 14 articles were considered for this review. The overall prevalence of NTM in humans was 24.39%, in water 21.5%, in animals 16.05% of which the prevalence in cattle was 14.81% and Kafue Lechwe 1.23%. Mycobacterium intracellulare was the most common isolated nontuberculous mycobacteria in humans and cattle while Mycobacterium gordonae was the most common in water, and Mycobacterium stomatepiae sp Nov in Kafue Lechwe. Nontuberculous mycobacteria are an emerging public health threat in Zambia both in humans and animals and this calls for the need for molecular information on the zoonotic transmission of nontuberculous mycobacteria. Increased awareness of nontuberculous mycobacteria diseases among clinicians and laboratory personnel is crucial for patient management and an essential step for facilitating the identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria species in laboratories.
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- 2021
6. Visceral mycobacteriosis in amphibians from the Brazilian Caatinga region
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Reinaldo José da Silva, Marianna Vaz Rodrigues, Robson W. Ávila, Drausio Honorio Morais, Univ Fed Uberlandia UFU, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), and Univ Fed Ceara UFC
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0301 basic medicine ,Amphibian ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Karyolysis ,Rhinella jimi ,040301 veterinary sciences ,Histopathology ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Conservation ,Amphibian diseases ,Aquatic Science ,Wild animals ,Microbiology ,0403 veterinary science ,03 medical and health sciences ,biology.animal ,medicine ,Animals ,Pathogenic ,Lung ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Bacterial disease ,biology ,Karyorrhexis ,Mycobacteria ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,biology.organism_classification ,Pseudopaludicola ,030104 developmental biology ,Liver ,Molecular diagnosis ,Anura ,Brazil - Abstract
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T17:22:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Fundacao Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico - FUNCAP Emerging infectious diseases in wild animals related to humans have received greater attention in recent years. Mycobacteriosis is a bacterial disease of animal and human importance. Mycobacterium gordonae infects the skin and internal organs of free-ranging amphibians and is considered the least pathogenic member of the Mycobacteriaceae to humans. However, information about its infection and pathogenesis in wild amphibians is still lacking. A total of 1306 amphibian specimens belonging to 6 families, 12 genera, and 21 species were collected and dissected during a helminthological survey of 7 municipalities in southern Ceara state, Caatinga (eco)region, northeast Brazil. Of these, 17 specimens (0.76%), belonging to 2 families and 4 species (Leptodactylus macrosternum, n = 2; L. vastus, n = 10; Pseudopaludicola pocoto, n = 2; Rhinella jimi, n = 3), presented infections that consisted of calcification nodules in the coelomic cavity, kidney, liver, lung, gut, and pancreas. The nodules were examined by histopathology and PCR. The bacteria were identified as M. gordonae by molecular analyses. Infected animals presented with hepatocellular vacuolar degeneration, karyolysis, and karyorrhexis, hepatic portal congestion, hemorrhage, mononuclear cellular infiltration, melanomacrophage center hyperplasia, and granulomas in varying stages of development with intralesional acid-fast bacilli. This study is the first report of M. gordonae in these amphibian species, in which results of molecular analyses confirmed the presence of M. gordonae in natural environments and histopathology confirmed the typical lesion of mycobacteriosis in amphibians from northeastern Brazil. Univ Fed Uberlandia UFU, Inst Ciencias Agr, BR-38500000 Monte Carmelo, MG, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Dept Parasitol, Inst Biociencias, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil Univ Fed Ceara UFC, Ctr Reg Ophiol, BR-60455760 Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Dept Parasitol, Inst Biociencias, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil CNPq: 303622/2015-6 CNPq: 305988/2018-2 CNPq: 313241/2018-0 Fundacao Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico - FUNCAP: AEP-0128-00269.01.00/17 Fundacao Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico - FUNCAP: 05/2017
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- 2021
7. Mycobacterium vicinigordonae sp. nov., a slow-growing scotochromogenic species isolated from sputum
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Guan Liu, Jingjing Luo, Guanglu Jiang, Fen Wang, Qian Liang, Lingling Dong, Yanjie Hu, Fengmin Huo, Hairong Huang, and Xia Yu
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Phylogenetic tree ,Strain (chemistry) ,biology ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,General Medicine ,16S ribosomal RNA ,rpoB ,biology.organism_classification ,Microbiology ,Mycolic acid ,chemistry ,Scotochromogenic ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
A slow-growing, scotochromogenic mycobacterial strain (24T) was isolated from the sputum of a Chinese male human. Phylogenetic analysis using the 16S rRNA gene assigned strain 24T to the Mycobacterium gordonae complex, which includes Mycobacterium gordonae and Mycobacterium paragordonae . The phenotypic characteristics, unique mycolic acid profile and the results of phylogenetic analysis based on hsp65 and rpoB sequences strongly supported the taxonomic status of strain 24T as a representative of a species distinct from the other members of the M. gordonae complex. The genomic G+C content of strain 24T was 65.40mol%. Genomic comparisons showed that strain 24T and M. gordonae ATCC 14470T had an average nucleotide identity (ANI) value of 81.00 % and a DNA–DNA hybridization (DDH) value of 22.80 %, while the ANI and DDH values between strain 24Tand M. paragordonae 49 061T were 80.98 and 22.80 %, respectively. In terms of phylogenetic, phenotypic and chemotaxonomic features, strain 24T is distinguishable from its closest phylogenetic relatives and represents a novel species of the genus Mycobacterium , therefore the name Mycobacterium vicinigordonae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 24T (=CMCC 93559T=DSM 105979T).
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- 2021
8. Species Typing of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Use of Deoxyribozyme Sensors
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Lauren E Brumsey, Yulia V. Gerasimova, Hillary N. Wood, Ashelyn E Sidders, Evgeny S. Morozkin, and Kyle H. Rohde
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0301 basic medicine ,030106 microbiology ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Mycobacterium abscessus ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Article ,Microbiology ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,Limit of Detection ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,Humans ,Typing ,Fluorescent Dyes ,Mycobacterium kansasii ,biology ,Biochemistry (medical) ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,DNA, Catalytic ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,030104 developmental biology ,Colorimetry ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
BACKGROUND Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) species are a rising threat, especially to patients living with pulmonary comorbidities. Current point-of-care diagnostics fail to adequately identify and differentiate NTM species from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Definitive culture- and molecular-based testing can take weeks to months and requires sending samples out to specialized diagnostic laboratories. METHODS In this proof-of-concept study, we developed an assay based on PCR amplification of 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) rrs genes by using universal mycobacterial primers and interrogation of the amplified fragments with a panel of binary deoxyribozyme (BiDz) sensors to enable species-level identification of NTM (BiDz-NTMST). Each BiDz sensor consists of 2 subunits of an RNA-cleaving deoxyribozyme, which form an active deoxyribozyme catalytic core only in the presence of the complimentary target sequence. The target-activated BiDz catalyzes cleavage of a reporter substrate, thus triggering either fluorescent or colorimetric (visually observed) signal depending on the substrate used. The panel included BiDz sensors for differentiation of 6 clinically relevant NTM species (Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium kansasii, and Mycobacterium gordonae) and Mtb. RESULTS Using the fluorescent BiDz-NTMST assay, we successfully identified the species of 38 clinical isolates. In addition, a subset of strains was tested with visual BiDz sensors, providing proof-of-concept for species typing of NTM by the naked eye. CONCLUSIONS The BiDz-NTMST assay is a novel platform for rapid identification of NTM species. This method is highly specific and significantly faster than current tools and is easily adaptable for onsite diagnostic laboratories in hospitals or clinical laboratories.
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9. Cutaneous Mycobacterium Gordonae Infection in A Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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Alice Ramondetta, Sebastiano Fabio Garozzo, Roberta Fassari, Rocco De Pasquale, and Laura Scuderi
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biology ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,business ,Microbiology - Published
- 2021
10. A very rare case of mycobacterium gordonae infection of the breast
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Irene Valente, Massimo Calabrese, Silvia Pamparino, Chiara Dentone, Alberto Tagliafico, Matteo Bassetti, Simone Mennella, and Alessandro Garlaschi
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breast ,mastitis ,mycobacterium gordonae ,nontuberculous mycobacteria ,ultrasonography ,Tuberculosis ,Common disease ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Breast Neoplasms ,medicine.disease_cause ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Rare case ,Internal Medicine ,Medicine ,Humans ,Lung ,Skin ,biology ,business.industry ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Mastitis ,Oncology ,Staphylococcus aureus ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Surgery ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Female ,business ,Large group - Abstract
Mastitis is a common disease in women with both infectious and noninfectious causes. Most cases occur during lactation and are caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus species; parasites and Mycobacteria have rarely been reported to cause breast infections (Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases (9th edn);2019, Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007;175:367). Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) which are also referred to as atypical mycobacteria, mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT), or environmental mycobacteria are a large group of Mycobacteria which are becoming increasingly common cause of infection all over the world (Arch Dermatol. 2006;142:1287). NTM can cause infection diseases especially in immunocompromised patients, such as HIV-positive hosts, most commonly in the lungs, skin and soft tissue, lymph nodes or rarely spread with multiorgan dissemination (Arch Plast Surg. 2014;41:759). Mycobacterium gordonae (M. gordonae) is a slow-growing atypical mycobacterium that is considered the least pathogenic NTM. The organism is ubiquitous, and mostly isolated from soil and water. Despite its nonvirulent nature, clinically significant infections have been reported also in some immunocompetent patients (J Formosan Med Assoc. 2020, Clin Infect Dis. 1992;1229). We report the first documented case of breast infection in a young immunocompetent woman sustained by Mycobacterium Gordonae.
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- 2020
11. There's Something in the Water: Mycobacterium Gordonae Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient
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I. Shawa and L. Alshawa
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biology ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,business ,biology.organism_classification ,Microbiology - Published
- 2020
12. Cas12a/Guide RNA-Based Platform for Rapid and Accurate Identification of Major Mycobacterium Species
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Guohui Xiao, Lili Ren, Wenjie Lai, Xing He, Min Ou, Yaya Liu, Tianyu Zhang, Shuhao Cai, Su Zhang, Houming Liu, Juanjuan Zhang, Guoliang Zhang, and Zhihang Liang
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Microbiology (medical) ,Mycobacterium kansasii ,Tuberculosis ,biology ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Mycobacterium abscessus ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,medicine ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections exhibit similar clinical symptoms; however, the therapies for these two types of infections are different. Therefore, the rapid and accurate identification of M. tuberculosis and NTM species is very important for the control of tuberculosis and NTM infections. In the present study, a Cas12a/guide RNA (gRNA)-based platform was developed to identify M. tuberculosis and most NTM species. By designing species-specific gRNA probes targeting the rpoB sequence, a Cas12a/gRNA-based platform successfully identified M. tuberculosis and six major NTM species (Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium intracellulare, Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium gordonae, and Mycobacterium fortuitum) without cross-reactivity. In a blind assessment, a total of 72 out of 73 clinical Mycobacterium isolates were correctly identified, which is consistent with previous rpoB sequencing results. These results suggest that the Cas12a/gRNA-based platform is a promising tool for the rapid, accurate, and cost-effective identification of both M. tuberculosis and NTM species.
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- 2020
13. Comparison of polymerase chain reaction-restriction enzyme analysis method and DNA sequence analysis results in the identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria
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Ayşe Aydan Özkütük, Özgür Appak, Nuran Esen, Selçuk Turkel, and [Appak, Ozgur -- Esen, Nuran -- Ozkutuk, Ayse Aydan] Dokuz Eylul Univ, Dept Med Microbiol, Izmir, Turkey -- [Turkel, Selcuk] Aksaray Univ, Training & Res Hosp, Dept Med Microbiol, Aksaray, Turkey
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0301 basic medicine ,Restriction Mapping ,030106 microbiology ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Mycobacterium abscessus ,Mycobacterium peregrinum ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Microbiology ,law.invention ,non-tuberculous mycobacteria ,03 medical and health sciences ,Bacterial Proteins ,law ,Humans ,Mycobacterium xenopi ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,DNA sequence analysis ,Polymerase chain reaction ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,biology ,Mycobacterium senegalense ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Chaperonin 60 ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,General Medicine ,heat-shock protein ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,Molecular Typing ,030104 developmental biology ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,restriction enzyme analysis ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
WOS: 000453790600009, PubMed: 30010392, The typing of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is important from a clinical and epidemiological perspective. The polymerase chain reaction-restriction enzyme analysis (PRA) method and DNA sequence analysis method were utilized to target a gene region that codes the 65-kDa heat-shock protein for typing 150 suspected NTM samples isolated from the respiratory tract. Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium xenopi, Mycobacterium fortuitum, and Mycobacterium peregrinum were most frequently found by both methods. Six isolates that could not be defined by the PRA method were defined as Nocardia cyriacigeorgica, Nocardia abscessus, and Mycobacterium intracellulare by DNA sequence analysis. Discordance between the results of the two methods was observed for only one isolate. The isolate that was defined as Mycobacterium gordonae type 6 by the PRA method was defined as Mycobacterium senegalense by sequence analysis. The PRA method is simple and gives rapid results. Compared with DNA sequence analysis, it gives consistent and reliable results up to a ratio of 90%. DNA sequence analysis is the gold standard method in which all strains can be defined. However, given our laboratory conditions, its disadvantage is that it takes longer to reach a diagnosis than through the PRA method.
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- 2018
14. Mycobacterium chimaera in heater-cooler units used during cardiac surgery – growth and decontamination
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Susanne Nielsen, Martin Westerberg, Bodil Jönsson, Malin Ridell, and Daniel Bengtsson
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Silver ,030106 microbiology ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Mycobacterium ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Surgical department ,Tap water ,medicine ,Humans ,Cardiac Surgical Procedures ,Water tanks ,Decontamination ,Sweden ,Mycobacterium Infections ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,biology ,business.industry ,Fungi ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,General Medicine ,Human decontamination ,Mycobacterium avium Complex ,biology.organism_classification ,Cardiac surgery ,Infectious Diseases ,Equipment and Supplies ,Biofilms ,Equipment Contamination ,Water Microbiology ,business ,Disinfectants - Abstract
Previous studies have identified patients infected with Mycobacterium chimaera (M. chimaera) subsequent to cardiac surgery. Water tanks in heater-cooler units (HCUs) used cardiac heart surgery was traced as source. The aim was to investigate occurrence of M. chimaera and other microorganisms in HCUs and evaluate the silver-ion cleaning routine.Five HCUs were disinfected with silver-ions and examined for mycobacteria directly (15 min) after the disinfection procedures and later on three occasions (3, 6, 10 weeks). One HCU was selected for additional investigation of the presence of other microorganisms. In addition, tap water from five sinks in the surgical department was examined for the presence of mycobacteria and other microorganisms.M. chimaera grew in all the HCU water tanks and in 35 of the 40 HCU samples. Three of the samples also contained Mycobacterium gordonae. When the selected HCU tanks were analysed directly after the disinfection procedure bacteria and fungi were found but no non-fermenting Gram-negative rods. These HCU samples contained a doubled to 3 fold amount of bacteria compared to initial tap water samples. No mycobacteria were found in any sample from the five water taps.The silver-ion cleaning routine was insufficient and M. chimaera was found in all HCUs. However, no mycobacteria were found in any sample from the five water taps suggesting another source of colonization. It is probable that residual water and biofilm are of importance. Our results emphasize the need for improved disinfection procedures and improved construction of the HCUs.
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- 2018
15. Evaluation of PyroMark Q24 pyrosequencing as a method for the identification of mycobacteria
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Satoshi Mitarai, Kentaro Sakashita, Hiroyuki Yamada, Akio Aono, Akiko Takaki, Hiroyuki Hata, Yuriko Igarashi, and Kinuyo Chikamatsu
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DNA, Bacterial ,0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Mycobacterium flavescens ,030106 microbiology ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,DNA, Ribosomal ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Mycobacterium hodleri ,Mycobacterium ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,symbols.namesake ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,Humans ,Mycobacterium xenopi ,Genetics ,Sanger sequencing ,Mycobacterium gilvum ,Base Sequence ,biology ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,symbols ,Mycobacterium cosmeticum - Abstract
We evaluated PyroMark Q24 (QIAGEN) pyrosequencing as a method for the identification of mycobacteria, with potential application in clinical practice. Sequence data from the hypervariable region A of the 16S rRNA gene (43 and 35bp sequences) were obtained using PyroMark Q24, and a similarity search was performed automatically with PyroMark IdentiFire software. Of the 148 mycobacterial type strains tested, 138 (93.2%) were accurately identified to single or clade species level, including complex level. From the remaining 10 strains, 3 (Mycobacterium gilvum, Mycobacterium goodi, and Mycobacterium thermoresistible) showed poor sequencing quality of homopolymers. For 6 other strains (Mycobacterium cosmeticum, Mycobacterium flavescens, Mycobacterium pallens, Mycobacterium hodleri, Mycobacterium xenopi, and Mycobacterium crocinum), the sequences were unreadable from the middle, and Sanger sequencing indicated biallelic site. Finally, a 40bp sequence for Mycobacterium gordonae could not be obtained despite repeated attempts. PyroMark Q24 provided accurate identification of multiple mycobacterial strains isolated from common clinical settings, but additional gene sequencing is required to distinguish species identified as a group or complex.
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- 2018
16. MYCOPLASMA GORDONAE: A RARE CAUSE OF ARDS IN THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
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Richard R. Miller, Shawn Pate, and Mohammed Halabiya
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,ARDS ,biology ,business.industry ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Disease ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Rash ,Respiratory failure ,Prednisone ,Internal medicine ,Sore throat ,Medicine ,Sputum ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
TOPIC: Chest Infections TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium gordonae, a commonly found species of mycobacteria. While frequently encountered in the environment and clinical laboratories it is almost always considered nonpathogenic. Despite being a non-virulent organism, there are many cases of clinically significant disease. Occasionally, it has been known to cause severe infections, especially in patients with an underlying predisposition or immunosuppression such as AIDS. CASE PRESENTATION: A 39-year-old male with no known PMH presents to the hospital with complaint of worsening dyspnea, fever, and nonproductive cough. He was in his usual state of health until 3 weeks prior when he began to experience body aches, sore throat, fever and shortness of breath. Continued symptoms prompted visit to the hospital at which time he discharged from the emergency department. The patient continued to have progressive worsening of dyspnea with fever prompting return to the hospital and subsequent admission for acute hypoxic respiratory failure. He lives at home with his wife and 4 children who do not have similar symptoms. He has lived in the US for 17 years and denies recent travel, sick contacts, history of autoimmune diseases, smoking history, vaping history, drug use, skin rash, joint pain. On admission vital signs and physical exam showed tachycardia and tachypnea with fever and inspiratory rales. Laboratory data including comprehensive metabolic panel and complete blood count with differential was unrevealing. Chest imaging showed diffuse bilateral dense ground glass opacities. Inflammatory markers including D-dimer, Ferritin, LDH, CRP were elevated. Influenza, COVID-19, mycoplasma, legionella antigen resulted negative. Testing for HIV returned positive with a CD4 count of 8. Given the clinical picture the patient was started on steroids, Bactrim, and Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Bronchoscopy with BAL was performed showing negative cytology, negative GMS-silver stain. However, AFB testing showed positive M. gordonae with fungal culture showing Candida albicans. Prednisone was discontinued and the patient was continued on HAART therapy along with Bactrim and sent for further treatment with Infectious Disease specialists. DISCUSSION: While there are reports of M. gordonae infections involving many organ systems, pulmonary infection is the most common site of symptomatic disease. Common symptoms include cough, weight loss, dyspnea, hemoptysis and fever. In addition to clinical symptoms and radiographic abnormalities, positive cultures from sputum, bronchial wash, transbronchial or lung biopsy are necessary for diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: M.gordonae is capable of causing significant infections in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. Although the likelihood of this being a contamination is significant, its isolation should prompt further evaluation especially in those patients who are immunocompromised. REFERENCE #1: Weinberger M, Berg SL, Feurstein IM, Pizzo PA, Witebsky FG. Disseminated infection with Mycobacterium gordonae: Report of a case and critical review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis. 1992;14:1229–1239. REFERENCE #2: Asija A, Prasad A, Eskridge E. Disseminated Mycobacterium gordonae infection in an immunocompetent host. Am J Ther. 2011 May. REFERENCE #3: Brener ZZ, Zhuravenko I, Bergman M. Acute kidney injury in a patient with nontuberculous mycobacterial infections: a case report. Cases J. 2009 Jan 23. DISCLOSURES: No relevant relationships by mohammed halabiya, source=Web Response No relevant relationships by Richard Miller, source=Web Response No relevant relationships by Shawn Pate, source=Web Response
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17. Mycobacterium gordonae infection in freshwater fish from lakes and ponds in a park at São Paulo city, Brazil
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Marcia Helena Braga Catroxo, Eliana Roxo, Carlos Eduardo Dias Campos, Ana Paula Ruggiero-Couceiro, Luara Lucena Cassiano, Paulo Cesar de Souza Caldas, Ana Maria Cristina Rebello Pinto da Fonseca Martins, Regina Stroebel, Marcio Hipolito, Jesus Pais Ramos, and Cristina Corsi Dib
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biology ,Ecology ,Freshwater fish ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,biology.organism_classification - Published
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18. Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from hospital water by sequence analysis of the hsp65 and 16S rRNA genes
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Seyyed Reza Moaddab, Naser Harzandi, Mehdi Maleki, and Hossein Samadi Kafil
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DNA, Bacterial ,0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Pore size ,Sequence analysis ,Water source ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Iran ,Wastewater ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Bacterial Proteins ,Species level ,RNA, Ribosomal, 16S ,Prevalence ,Humans ,Waste Management and Disposal ,Water Science and Technology ,Cross Infection ,biology ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Chaperonin 60 ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,Ribosomal RNA ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,16S ribosomal RNA ,biology.organism_classification ,Hospitals ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria - Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have emerged as an important cause of opportunistic nosocomial infections. NTM has frequently been isolated from hospital water distribution systems. The aim of this study was to survey the risk of NTM infections and determine the prevalence of NTM species in the hospital water distribution systems in Tabriz, Iran. One hundred and twenty samples of water from different sources of Tabriz hospitals were collected. The samples were filtered through 0.45-µm pore size membranes and decontaminated with 0.01% cetylpyridinium chloride. The sediment was inoculated onto Lowenstein–Jensen medium and incubated for 8 weeks. For identification to the species level, partial sequence analysis of the hsp65 and 16S rRNA genes were used. NTM were detected in 76 (63.3%) of 120 samples. Potentially pathogenic mycobacteria and saprophytic mycobacteria were isolated. Mycobacterium gordonae was the only single species that was present in all types of water. The prevalence of NTM in Tabriz hospitals' water compared with many investigations on hospital waters was high. This indicates that the immunocompromised patients and transplant recipients are at risk of contamination which necessitates considering decontamination of water sources to prevent such potential hazards.
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19. Mycobacterium gordonae infecting redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus
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Zeev Dveyrin, Efrat Rorman, Rona Grossman, Shlomo E. Blum, Tobia Pretto, Hasia Kaidar-Shwartz, Zina Baider, and Nadav Davidovich
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biology ,Tubular cell ,Opportunistic infection ,musculoskeletal, neural, and ocular physiology ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Astacoidea ,Aquatic Science ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Crayfish ,Hatchery ,Virus ,Microbiology ,nervous system ,Cherax quadricarinatus ,medicine ,Animals ,Hepatopancreas ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
The redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) is one of the most commonly exploited freshwater crayfish species worldwide. Redclaw crayfish are susceptible to a number of pathogens but none have been linked to widespread epizootics. Mycobacterial infections have been sporadically reported in crayfish. In the case described, histopathology and bacterial identification confirmed an opportunistic infection caused by Mycobacterium gordonae in a hatchery of C. quadricarinatus in Israel. Intranuclear inclusion bodies, recorded in cells of the tubular epithelium of the hepatopancreas by histopathology, indicate a co-infection with a viral agent, referable to C. quadricarinatus bacilliform virus (CqBV). To the best of our knowledge this is the first description of mycobacteriosis in redclaw crayfish.
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20. S24 CT characteristics in culture-proven NTM infection in non-CF bronchiectasis: a poor diagnostic tool?
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M Elsayed, F Easton, and A Malin
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Bronchiectasis ,biology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Pleural effusion ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Pulmonary disease ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Sputum culture ,Medicine ,Non cf bronchiectasis ,Radiology ,Risk factor ,business - Abstract
Background Non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM PD) presents a difficult clinical challenge. The presentation varies from transient respiratory pathogen to aggressive destruction, relying heavily on clinical symptoms, effective sputum culture and imaging. Although CT is a reliable and non-invasive method for diagnosing non-CF bronchiectasis, features of NTM PD on CT imaging are nonspecific and often undistinguishable from underlying respiratory conditions, concurrent infection or inflammation. NTM prevalence is increasing worldwide and non- CF bronchiectasis remains an important risk factor. Despite improved BTS/ATS guidance for treatment, the lack of specific CT findings in non-CF bronchiectasis patients makes decision to treat problematic. Patients and methods A retrospective analysis of CT reports of 261 consecutive non-CF bronchiectasis patients at Royal United Hospital, Bath was undertaken. Reports were scrutinised for the presence of seven CT characteristics: tree in bud, pulmonary nodules or nodularity, consolidation, cavitation, ground glass change, pleural thickening and pleural effusion. NTM culture status was recorded for each patient but Mycobacterium gordonae cases were classified as non-NTM. CT findings were compared between NTM positive sputum culture cases and NTM negative cases using Chi-squared for statistical significance between groups (SPSS version 24). Results 261 patients with non-CF bronchiectasis were identified. Of these 27 (10.3%) had positive NTM sputum culture (MAC 16 (59.3%), M. abscessus 5 (18.5%), M. chelonae 4 (14.8%), M. malmoense 1 (3.7%), M. xenopi 1 (3.7%)). In total the incidence of specific CT findings was as follows; tree and bud 50 (19.2%), nodules/nodularity 97 (37.2%), consolidation 51 (19.5%), cavitation 8 (3.1%), ground glass 30 (11.5%), pleural thickening 13 (5.0%), pleural effusion 10 (3.8%). 103 patients (39.5%) had none of these characteristics reported. There was no statistically significant difference in the presence or absence of CT signs in patients with NTM and no NTM (see table 1). Conclusions In non-CF bronchiectasis there appears to be no reliable CT findings to identify patients with NTM infection. There a remains a need for a high level of clinical suspicion in patients with bronchiectasis and microbiology remains the mainstay of diagnosis.
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21. Rapid identification of Mycobacterium species isolated from clinical specimens of city Jahrom by real time PCR
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Hadi Rezaii Yazdi, Hossein Foruozandeh, Mojtaba Azadbakht, Elmira Zarei, and Masoud Torabi Ardakani
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0301 basic medicine ,Mycobacterium kansasii ,Tuberculosis ,biology ,business.industry ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Drug resistance ,biology.organism_classification ,rpoB ,medicine.disease ,Microbiology ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Genetics ,medicine ,Sputum ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Diagnosis and identification of mycobacterial infections is often a challenge that engages different medical fields. Due to the time-consuming diagnostic procedures for most mycobacteria and the lack of rapid differentiation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and NTMs species, incorrect diagnosis of non-tuberculosis leads to the use of TB treatment protocol and prolonged hospitalization. So, the aim of this study was to rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from non-Mycobacterial tuberculosis by the multiplex Real time PCR method to prevent misdiagnosis in the treatment procedures. In this study, 82 sputum specimens were collected from patients suspected to tuberculosis referred to Peymanieh Hospital and health centers of Jahrom, as well as those treated with TB drugs referred to Jahrom Tuberculosis Center in 2015. Sediment was collected from the clinical samples by Petroff's method, DNA extraction was done with commercial DNA kit. 10 pairs primer; 23srRNA, grvB, ITS 152 bp, ITS172bp 164 bp, ITS, dnaJ, katG, rpoB, ITS 185 bp, ITS 185 bp were used. Multiplex real time PCR was performed in one run and in three different reactions and their melting curve was evaluated for both species and drug resistance. Among 82 suspected tuberculosis patients referred to Jahrom Tuberculosis Center, 26 (31.7% of total samples) were Mycobacterium positive, of which 13 (15.85%) were Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 7 (53.58%) Mycobacterium kansasii, 1 specimen (1.21%) were Mycobacterium gordonae and 5 specimens (6.09%) were uncommon Mycobacterium tuberculosis. No MDR was found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis specimens and no non-tuberculosis resistant specimens were found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis specimens. According to the results of this study, the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis in Jahrom city was different from other parts of the country. Also, this procedure is convenient, easy and quick to detect common mycobacterial strains to prevent ectopic treatments and is also a good way to follow up treatment in treated cases.
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- 2020
22. RETRACTED: Plasma contributes to the antimicrobial activity of whole blood againstMycobacterium tuberculosis
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Cristina Diez-Tascón, Octavio Miguel Rivero-Lezcano, Silvia García-García, Eduardo López-Fidalgo, José Manuel Guerra-Laso, Ramiro López-Medrano, and Sara Blanco-Conde
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0301 basic medicine ,biology ,medicine.drug_class ,Immunology ,Antimicrobial peptides ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Cell Biology ,Blood Bactericidal Activity ,biology.organism_classification ,Antimycobacterial ,Antimicrobial ,Microbiology ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Molecular Biology ,Whole blood - Abstract
The whole blood model for infection has proven useful to analyze the immunological response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, because it exerts a significant antimicrobial activity. Although this activity has been generally assumed to be cellular, we have found that the leukocyte fraction of blood from healthy volunteers did not kill the bacilli. We have discovered that plasma was responsible for a large proportion, but not all, of the antimicrobial activity. Furthermore, infected monocytes controlled the mycobacterial multiplication when cultivated in the presence of plasma. Intriguingly, serum from the same donors did not share this activity, although it was able to eliminate the non-pathogenic Mycobacterium gordonae To identify the remaining components that participate in the antimycobacterial activity we fractionated blood in leukocytes, plasma, erythrocytes and platelets, and analyzed the bactericidal power of each fraction and their combinations using a factorial design. We found that erythrocytes, but not platelets, participated and showed by flow cytometry that mycobacteria physically associated with erythrocytes. We propose that in exposed healthy individuals that show 'early clearance' of the mycobacteria, the innate response is predominantly humoral, probably through the effect of antimicrobial peptides and proteins.
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23. Analysis of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections after lung transplantation
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Gisele A. Lombard, Vincent G. Valentine, Shiwan K. Shah, Scott D. Lick, S. G. LaPlace, Gundeep Dhillon, Leonardo Seoane, and Kendra J. McAnally
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Adult ,Graft Rejection ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium chelonae ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,030230 surgery ,Mycobacterium abscessus ,Bronchoalveolar Lavage ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,Lung transplantation ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Bronchiolitis Obliterans ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,Retrospective Studies ,Transplantation ,biology ,Respiratory tract infections ,business.industry ,Incidence ,Sputum ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Middle Aged ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,Survival Analysis ,Infectious Diseases ,Blood Culture ,Female ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Follow-Up Studies ,Lung Transplantation - Abstract
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are important pathogens in lung transplant recipients. This study describes the spectrum of NTM respiratory tract infections and examines the association of NTM infections with lung transplant complications.Data from 208 recipients transplanted from November 1990 to November 2005 were analyzed. Follow-up data were available to November 2010. Lung infection was defined by bronchoalveolar lavage, sputum, or blood cultures in the appropriate clinical setting. All identified NTM respiratory tract infections were tabulated. The cohort of patients with NTM lung infections (NTM+) were compared to the cohort without infection (NTM-). Univariate and multivariate analysis was performed to determine characteristics associated with NTM infection. Survival analyses for overall survival and development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) were also performed.In total, 52 isolates of NTM lung infection were identified in 30 patients. The isolates included Mycobacterium abscessus (46%), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (36%), Mycobacterium gordonae (9%), Mycobacterium chelonae (7%), and Mycobacterium fortuitum (2%), with multiple NTM isolates seen on 3 different occasions. The overall incidence was 14%, whereas cumulative incidences at 1, 3, and 5 years after lung transplantation were 11%, 15%, and 20%, respectively. Comparisons between the NTM+ and NTM- cohorts revealed that NTM+ patients were more likely to be African-American and have cytomegalovirus mismatch. Although no difference was seen in survival, the NTM+ cohort was more likely to develop BOS (80% vs. 58%, P = 0.02). NTM+ infection, however, was not independently associated with development of BOS by multivariate analysis.With nearly 20 years of follow-up, 14% of lung recipients develop NTM respiratory tract infections, with M. abscessus and MAC more commonly identified. M. gordonae was considered responsible for nearly 10% of NTM infections. Although survival of patients with NTM infections is similar, a striking difference in BOS rates is present in the NTM+ and NTM- groups.
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24. Epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolations among central North Carolina residents, 2006–2010
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Edward Hudgens, Elizabeth D. Hilborn, Kyle P. Messier, Andrew J. Ghio, Stacy Pfaller, Mark S. Murphy, Jean Marie Maillard, Jason E. Stout, and Genee S. Smith
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Adult ,Lung Diseases ,Male ,Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Isolation (health care) ,Population ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium chelonae ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Epidemiology ,North Carolina ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,education ,Lung ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,Aged ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Middle Aged ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,Infectious Diseases ,030228 respiratory system ,Child, Preschool ,Immunology ,Female ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,business ,Mycobacterium avium - Abstract
Summary Background Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental mycobacteria associated with a range of infections. Reports of NTM epidemiology have primarily focused on pulmonary infections and isolations, however extrapulmonary infections of the skin, soft tissues and sterile sites are less frequently described. Methods We comprehensively reviewed laboratory reports of NTM isolation from North Carolina residents of three counties during 2006–2010. We describe age, gender, and race of patients, and anatomic site of isolation for NTM species. Results Among 1033 patients, overall NTM isolation prevalence was 15.9/100,000 persons (13.7/100,000 excluding Mycobacterium gordonae ). Prevalence was similar between genders and increased significantly with age. Extrapulmonary isolations among middle-aged black males and pulmonary isolations among elderly white females were most frequently detected. Most isolations from pulmonary sites and blood cultures were Mycobacterium avium complex; rapidly growing NTM (e.g. Mycobacterium chelonae , Mycobacterium fortuitum ) were most often isolated from paranasal sinuses, wounds and skin. Conclusions We provide the first characterization of NTM isolation prevalence in the Southeastern United States (U.S.). Variation in isolation prevalence among counties and races likely represent differences in detection, demographics and risk factors. Further characterization of NTM epidemiology is increasingly important as percentages of immunocompromised individuals and the elderly increase in the U.S. population.
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25. Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of the Epistem Genedrive Assay for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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David Jamil Hadad, Renata Lyrio Peres, Bareng A. S. Nonyane, Widaad Zemanay, Mary Gaeddert, Moses Joloba, Patricia Marques-Rodrigues, Jerrold J. Ellner, Catharina Boehme, Derek T. Armstrong, Reynaldo Dietze, Mark P. Nicol, Moises Palaci, Sandra Armakovitch, David Alland, Susan E. Dorman, Shubhada Shenai, Eloise Valli, David L. Dolinger, Lydia Nakiyingi, Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo, Padmapriya P. Banada, Claudia M. Denkinger, and Y.C. Manabe
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Adult ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Tuberculosis ,030106 microbiology ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Mycobacterium abscessus ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Microbiology ,law.invention ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,Tuberculosis diagnosis ,law ,medicine ,Humans ,False Positive Reactions ,Polymerase chain reaction ,Detection limit ,biology ,business.industry ,Sputum ,Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,030104 developmental biology ,Molecular Diagnostic Techniques ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
The Epistem Genedrive assay rapidly detects the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from sputum and is currently available for clinical use. However, the analytical and clinical performance of this test has not been fully evaluated. The analytical limit of detection (LOD) of the Genedrive PCR amplification was tested with genomic DNA; the performance of the complete (sample processing plus amplification) system was tested by spiking M. tuberculosis mc 2 6030 cells into distilled water and M. tuberculosis -negative sputum. Specificity was tested using common respiratory pathogens and nontuberculosis mycobacteria. A clinical evaluation enrolled adults with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, obtained three sputum samples from each participant, and compared the accuracy of the Genedrive to that of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay using M. tuberculosis cultures as the reference standard. The Genedrive assay had an LOD of 1 pg/μl (100 genomic DNA copies/reaction). The LODs of the system were 2.5 × 10 4 CFU/ml and 2.5 × 10 5 CFU/ml for cells spiked into water and sputum, respectively. False-positive rpoB probe signals were observed in 3/32 (9.4%) of the negative controls and also in few samples containing Mycobacterium abscessus , Mycobacterium gordonae , or Mycobacterium thermoresistibile . In the clinical study, among 336 analyzed participants, the overall sensitivities for the tuberculosis case detection of Genedrive, Xpert, and smear microscopy were 45.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 35.2% to 55.8%), 91.8% (95% CI, 84.4% to 96.4%), and 77.3% (95% CI, 67.7% to 85.2%), respectively. The sensitivities of Genedrive and Xpert for the detection of smear-microscopy-negative tuberculosis were 0% (95% CI, 0% to 15.4%) and 68.2% (95% CI, 45.1% to 86.1%), respectively. The Genedrive assay did not meet performance standards recommended by the World Health Organization for a smear microscopy replacement tuberculosis test. Epistem is working on modifications to improve the assay.
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26. A Case of Mycobacterium gordonae Pulmonary Disease in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis Treated with Infliximab
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Jong Wook Bae, Gyu Ho Choi, Na-Hye Myung, Jae Seuk Park, Sang Won Lee, Ji Sung Choi, and Jeong Eun Shin
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medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,business.industry ,Pulmonary disease ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Ulcerative colitis ,Gastroenterology ,Infliximab ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
TNF-α는 항산균에 대한 인체의 면역학적 방어기전에서 중요한 역할을 한다. Mycobacterium gordonae는 독성이 낮아임상 검체에서 검출되면 대부분 오염균으로 간주되고 있다. 저자들은 TNF-α 길항제로 치료 중인 궤양성 대장염 환자에서 M. gordonae 폐질환으로 진단되어 적절한 약물 치료 후-호전된 증례를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.
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27. Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Specimens of Patients with Obstructive Lung Diseases—Colonization or Disease?
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Karina Oniszh, Dorota Wyrostkiewicz, Monika Szturmowicz, Piotr Radwan-Rohrenschef, Dorota Filipczak, and Anna Zabost
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Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,body mass index ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Disease ,Biochemistry ,Microbiology ,Article ,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ,non-tuberculous mycobacteria ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics ,Respiratory system ,Asthma ,COPD ,Lung ,biology ,business.industry ,lcsh:RM1-950 ,chest computed tomography ,asthma ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030228 respiratory system ,Differential diagnosis ,business ,Respiratory tract - Abstract
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly a cause of human respiratory tract colonization and mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD), especially in patients with chronic lung diseases. The aim of the present study was to find the factors predictive of NTM-LD in patients with obstructive lung diseases and NTM respiratory isolates. A total of 839 isolates of NTM, obtained from 161 patients between 2010 and 2020 in a single pulmonary unit, have been retrospectively reviewed. Of these isolates, 73 concerned 36 patients with obstructive lung diseases (COPD-26, asthma-3, COPD/asthma overlap syndrome-7). NTM-LD was recognized according to the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) criteria in 17 patients, colonization in 19. Lower BMI, elevated body temperature on admission, infiltrative/cavitary lesions on chest CT, and NTM species other than Mycobacterium gordonae were the significant predictors of NTM-LD recognition. Based on the above-mentioned predictive factors, an original scoring system was implemented. The diagnostic utility of the scoring system was higher than that of single parameters. We conclude that NTM-LD prediction in patients with obstructive lung diseases and positive respiratory isolates is difficult. A scoring system based on clinical, radiological and microbiological characteristics was capable of facilitating the differential diagnosis, but it needs further validation in a larger study group.
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28. Hospital ice, ice machines, and water as sources of nontuberculous mycobacteria: Description of qualitative risk assessment models to determine host–Nontuberculous mycobacteria interplay
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Beverley C Millar and John E. Moore
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nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Microbiology (medical) ,water ,ice ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,ice machine ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Risk Assessment ,lcsh:Microbiology ,mycobacterium ,Microbiology ,cystic fibrosis ,Humans ,Mycobacterium mucogenicum ,Medicine ,Mycobacteriaceae ,biology ,business.industry ,Outbreak ,biology.organism_classification ,Hospitals ,Infectious Diseases ,Mycobacterium porcinum ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,business ,Risk assessment ,human activities ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Over the last 30 years, there have been at least 17 published reports of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs) being isolated from hospital ice or ice-making machines. Of these, 12 were reports of pseudo-outbreaks, i.e., the nosocomial transmission of organism from hospital ice/ice machines to patients, resulting in patient colonization, but with no disease manifestations. In addition, there were five outbreaks that resulted in clinical disease/pathology associated with NTM organism. Eleven different species of NTMs have been associated with these reports, where over half (59%) of the species identified were Mycobacterium fortuitum (18%), Mycobacterium gordonae (14%), Mycobacterium mucogenicum (14%), and Mycobacterium porcinum (14%). Several of these reports clearly documented that ice machines had been properly maintained, cleaned, and serviced in accordance with the CDC guidelines yet became contaminated with NTM organisms. These reports frequently detail that after extensive cleaning/disinfection following the discovery of NTM organisms, ice machines remained contaminated with NTM organisms, highlighting the difficulty in eradicating these from ice machines, once contaminated. Several reports identified that the only remedy to the contamination problem was to replace the ice machine with a new machine. Two qualitative risk assessment models are presented for (i) patients exposed to contaminated ice machine but before NTM colonization/infection and (ii) patients already colonized with NTMs from ice machines. Therefore, to protect immunocompromised/immunosuppressed patients' safety, especially during surgical or respiratory procedures, ice should not be sourced from the ice machine but should be made from sterile water and stored safely and separately away from the ice machine.
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29. In-vitro evaluation of the antibacterial activity of the essential oils of Micromeria barbata, Eucalyptus globulus and Juniperus excelsa against strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (including MDR), Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium gordonae
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charafeddine Jama, Saer Alwan, Monzer Hamze, Nour-Eddine Chihib, Khaled El Omari, Marwan Osman, Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 (UMET), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille (ENSCL)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture of Tripoli and North Lebanon, Partenaires INRAE, Université Libanaise, JiNan University, Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille (ENSCL), Université de Lille, CNRS, INRA, ENSCL, Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET], and Hamze, Monzer
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.drug_class ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,030106 microbiology ,Antitubercular Agents ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Drug resistance ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,Antimycobacterial ,Micromeria ,Essential oils ,Antimycobacterial activity ,Micromeria barbata ,Eucalyptus globulus ,Juniperus excelsa ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Mycobacterium ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,[SDV.IDA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering ,medicine ,Oils, Volatile ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,[SPI.GPROC]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Chemical and Process Engineering ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Lebanon ,2. Zero hunger ,Mycobacterium kansasii ,Eucalyptus ,Lamiaceae ,Plants, Medicinal ,biology ,Traditional medicine ,Plant Extracts ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Eucalyptus Oil ,Juniperus - Abstract
Background: Mycobacterium spp. are responsible for several diseases, particularly in immunocompromised populations. The spreading of the resistance to antimycobacterial drugs is a significant problem to the public health and requires to find out a new and innovative alternative for the treatment of drug resistant mycobacterial strains. In this study, the antimycobacterial activity of Micromeria barbata, Eucalyptus globulus and Juniperus excelsa essential oils extracted from Lebanese plants was investigated against selected Mycobacterium spp. strains. Methods: Several dilutions of the three aforementioned essential oils were studied for antimycobacterial activity against four Mycobacterium spp. strains: Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. tuberculosis (ATCC® 27294™), multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis (CMUL 157), Mycobacterium kansasii Hauduroy (ATCC® 12478™) and Mycobacterium gordonae Bojalil et al. (ATCC® 14470™). Results: Even with high dilutions, all tested essential oils showed a high antimycobacterial activity against targeted strains. Our data showed that M. barbata, E. globulus and J. excelsa essential oils totally inhibit the mycobacterial growth whatever the tested strains for the dilution 1/250, 1/100 and 1/250, respectively. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first study regarding the antimycobacterial activity of essential oils in Lebanon. Our data show promising results, and encourage to investigate more on these medicinal plants, especially M. barbata. Keywords: Essential oils, Antimycobacterial activity, Micromeria barbata, Eucalyptus globulus, Juniperus excelsa
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30. Profiling non-tuberculous mycobacteria in an Asian setting: characteristics and clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients in Singapore
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Ser Hon Puah, Soon Keng Goh, Eric T. K. Fok, Albert Yick Hou Lim, Partha Pratim De, Daryl E. L. Goh, Sanjay H. Chotirmall, Akash Verma, John Abisheganaden, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), and Translational Respiratory Research Laboratory
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Epidemiology ,Mycobacterium abscessus ,law.invention ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,Prospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Singapore ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Middle Aged ,Intensive care unit ,Bronchiectasis ,Intensive Care Units ,Female ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria ,Research Article ,Adult ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Tuberculosis ,030106 microbiology ,Population ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,03 medical and health sciences ,Bacterial Proteins ,Internal medicine ,Non-tuberculous mycobacteria ,medicine ,Humans ,education ,Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ,Aged ,lcsh:RC705-779 ,Mycobacterium kansasii ,business.industry ,lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,030228 respiratory system ,business - Abstract
Background Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection is an increasing problem worldwide. The epidemiology of NTM in most Asian countries is unknown. This study investigated the epidemiology, and clinical profile of inpatients in whom NTM was isolated from various anatomical sites in a Singaporean population attending a major tertiary referral centre. Methods Demographic profile, clinical data, and characteristics of patients hospitalized with NTM isolates at a major tertiary hospital over two-year period were prospectively assessed (2011–2012). Data collected included patient demographics, ethnicity, smoking status, co-morbidities, NTM species, intensive care unit (ICU) treatment, and mortality. Results A total of 485 patients (62.1% male) with 560 hospital admissions were analysed. The median patient age was 70 years. Thirteen different NTM species were isolated from this cohort. Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) (38.4%) was most frequently isolated followed by Mycobacterium fortuitum (M. fortuitum) (16.6%), Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (16.3%), Mycobacterium kansasii (M. kansasii) (15.4%), and Mycobacterium gordonae (M. gordonae) (6.8%). Most (91%) NTM was isolated from the respiratory tract. The three most common non-pulmonary sites were; blood (2.7%), skin wounds and abscesses (2.1%), and gastric aspirates (1.1%). A third (34.4%) of the study population had prior pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). There was a significant association between isolated NTM species, and patient age (p=0.0002). Eleven (2.2%) patients received intensive care unit (ICU) treatment during the study period and all cause mortality within 1 year of the study was 16.9% (n=82). Of these, 72 (87.8%) patients died of pulmonary causes. Conclusions The profile of NTM species in Singapore is unique. M. abscessus is the commonest NTM isolated, with a higher prevalence in males, and in the elderly. High NTM prevalence is associated with high rates of prior PTB in our cohort. Published version
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- 2018
31. Successful Treatment of Mycobacterium gordonae Sacroiliitis Using a Novel Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Arthrodesis: A Case Report
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Joseph R. Thurn, Nathan Wanderman, Jonathan N. Sembrano, and Mitchell Wyffels
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musculoskeletal diseases ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Arthrodesis ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Human bone ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,HIV Infections ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Sacroiliitis ,Fixation (histology) ,Sacroiliac joint ,030222 orthopedics ,Debridement ,biology ,business.industry ,Allograft bone ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Sacroiliac Joint ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Case: A 43-year-old man with a history of well-controlled HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection presented with sacroiliac joint destruction from a Mycobacterium gordonae infection. A sacroiliac joint arthrodesis was performed using a minimally invasive technique utilizing both biologic fusion (allograft bone with rhBMP-2 [recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2]) and fixation with titanium ingrowth rods. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of infectious sacroiliitis from a nontubercular mycobacterium (M. gordonae) treated with a combination of joint debridement, biologic fusion with bone graft, and nonbiologic functional fusion using titanium ingrowth rods, all performed in a minimally invasive fashion. This strategy effectively alleviated pain and preserved function at 2 years of follow-up.
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- 2017
32. First Total Synthesis of Trehalose-Containing Branched Oligosaccharide OSE-1 ofMycobacterium gordonae(Strain 990)
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Manishkumar A. Chaube and Suvarn S. Kulkarni
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Lipopolysaccharides ,Glycosyl Donors ,Glycosylation ,Trehalose Oligosaccharides ,Stereochemistry ,Benzylidene ,Oligosaccharides ,Lipopolysaccharide ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Catalysis ,Convergent Synthesis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Total Synthesis ,Tuberculosis ,Moiety ,Tetrasaccharide ,Trisaccharide ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,1,1-Disaccharides ,biology ,Chemistry ,1,1 '-Alpha-Glycosylation ,Organic Chemistry ,Repeating Unit ,Trehalose ,Total synthesis ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,General Chemistry ,Oligosaccharide ,biology.organism_classification ,N-Glycan ,Carbohydrate Sequence ,Biochemistry ,Mycobacterium Gordonae ,Regioselective Glycosylation ,Sugars ,Analogs - Abstract
The first total synthesis of the branched oligosaccharide OSE-1 of Mycobacterium gordonae (strain 990) is reported. An intramolecular aglycon delivery approach was used for constructing the desymmetrized 1,1'-α,α-linked trehalose moiety. A [3+2] glycosylation of the trisaccharide donor and trehalose acceptor furnished the right hand side pentasaccharide. Regioselective O3 glycosylation of L-rhamnosyl 2,3-diol allowed expedient synthesis of the left hand side tetrasaccharide. The nonasaccharide was assembled in a highly convergent fashion through a [4+5] glycosylation.
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- 2015
33. Performance of a Tuberculosis Serologic Assay in Various Patient Populations
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Christine M. Litwin and Rosemary C. She
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Adult ,Male ,Tuberculosis ,Mycobacterium chelonae ,Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Immunoglobulin G ,Serology ,medicine ,Humans ,Serologic Tests ,biology ,Latent tuberculosis ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,ROC Curve ,Area Under Curve ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Female ,Mycobacterium simiae ,business ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Objectives: Detection of the humoral response to diagnose active tuberculosis has had varied success. We sought to further characterize the performance of a commercial serologic assay (Active TBDetect IgG ELISA; InBios International, Seattle, WA), which had demonstrated promising results in prior studies. Methods: Blood specimens from patients with mycobacterial infections, autoimmune disorders, and documented nonmycobacterial infections were prospectively collected for testing by the Active TBDetect IgG ELISA. Pertinent medical records were reviewed. Results: The sensitivity of the InBios IgG ELISA for active tuberculosis cases was 54.1% (20/37). Reactivity occurred in 24.1% (14/58) of nontuberculous mycobacterium cases, 10.4% (7/67) of nonmycobacterial infections, 10.5% (11/105) of autoimmune disorder cases, 8.7% (8/92) of noninfected patients, 14.3% (1/7) of patients with latent tuberculosis, and 10.7% (3/28) of control pediatric cases. Overall specificity was 87.5% (288/329). Receiver operator curve analysis demonstrated an area under the curve of 0.74. Reactivity with nontuberculous mycobacterium infection occurred with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex, Mycobacterium chelonae/abscessus complex, Mycobacterium simiae, and Mycobacterium gordonae and was positively associated with having a positive acid-fast bacilli smear. Conclusions: This study confirmed the limitations of serodiagnosis for active tuberculosis, including poor sensitivity and increased reactivity with nontuberculous mycobacterium-positive patients.
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- 2015
34. Extraordinary solute-stress tolerance contributes to the environmental tenacity of mycobacteria
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Andrew Stevenson, Irene R. Grant, John E. Hallsworth, Ricardo Santos, and Carla C. C. R. de Carvalho
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Microbial ecology ,biology ,Osmotic shock ,Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,biology.organism_classification ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Bacteria ,Halophile ,Pseudomonas putida ,Microbiology ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Mycobacteria are associated with a number of well-characterized diseases, yet we know little about their stress biology in natural ecosystems. This study focuses on the isolation and characterization of strains from Yellowstone National Park (YNP) and Glacier National Park (GNP; USA), the majority of those identified were Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum, Mycobacterium avium (YNP) or Mycobacterium gordonae (GNP). Generally, their windows for growth spanned a temperature range of > 60 °C; selected isolates grew at super-saturated concentrations of hydrophobic stressors and at levels of osmotic stress and chaotropic activity (up to 13.4 kJ kg(-1) ) similar to, or exceeding, those for the xerophilic fungus Aspergillus wentii and solvent-tolerant bacterium Pseudomonas putida. For example, mycobacteria grew down to 0.800 water activity indicating that they are, with the sole exception of halophiles, more xerotolerant than other bacteria (or any Archaea). Furthermore, the fatty-acid composition of Mycobacterium cells grown over a range of salt concentrations changed less than that of other bacteria, indicating a high level of resilience, regardless of the stress load. Cells of M. parascrofulaceum, M. smegmatis and M. avium resisted the acute, potentially lethal challenges from extremes of pH ( 13), and saturated MgCl2 solutions (5 M; 212 kJ kg(-1) chaotropicity). Collectively, these findings challenge the paradigm that bacteria have solute tolerances inferior to those of eukaryotes.
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- 2015
35. Clinical and microbiological features of definiteMycobacterium gordonaepulmonary disease: the establishment of diagnostic criteria for low-virulence mycobacteria
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Kozo Morimoto, Hajime Goto, Yoshiro Murase, Shoji Kudoh, Takashi Yoshiyama, Atsuyuki Kurashima, Yuji Shiraishi, Soichiro Ikushima, Shinji Maeda, and Yuko Kazumi
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Lung Diseases ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Virulence ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Disease ,Gastroenterology ,Microbiology ,Internal medicine ,Genotype ,medicine ,Humans ,Mycobacteria growth indicator tube ,Aged ,Bacteriological Techniques ,biology ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,rpoB ,Infectious Diseases ,Clinical research ,Female ,Parasitology ,business ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
BACKGROUND Although Mycobacterium gordonae isolation from respiratory samples is usually regarded as contamination, M. gordonae can cause definite pulmonary disease. The establishment of a standard diagnostic criteria of pulmonary disease that is caused by this low virulence mycobacterium is obviously necessary. METHODS We performed clinical research on over 200 cases in which M. gordonae was isolated over an 8-year period, focusing on the M. gordonae subtype. Sequence analysis of rpoB was performed to identify the genotypes. RESULTS A total of 287 respiratory samples (209 cases) were positive for M. gordonae. Twenty-seven cases (12.9%) had a positive culture more than twice and 11 of these cases (5.3%) had more than three positive cultures. Ultimately, three cases (1.4%) were newly diagnosed as M. gordonae pulmonary disease using our own diagnostic criteria. In all of the identified M. gordonae cases, the cultures tested positive with a Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube test at 24 days; however, in patients with definitive pulmonary disease, the cultures were positive at 9 days. A subtype analysis revealed that all of the definitive disease cases had subtype C. CONCLUSION The time taken to detect a positive culture and subtype of the isolates could be used as the diagnostic criteria for definite M. gordonae pulmonary disease.
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- 2015
36. Detection of Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Bacteria in Drinking Water and Associated Biofilms on the Crow Reservation, Montana, USA
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John Doyle, Barry H. Pyle, Anne K. Camper, Crystal L. Richards, Timothy E. Ford, Margaret J. Eggers, and Susan C. Broadaway
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0301 basic medicine ,Mycobacterium flavescens ,Legionella ,030106 microbiology ,Soil Science ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,medicine.disease_cause ,Legionella pneumophila ,Article ,Mycobacterium ,Microbiology ,Feces ,03 medical and health sciences ,Water Supply ,Helicobacter ,Water Quality ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Groundwater ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Bacteria ,Montana ,Ecology ,biology ,Drinking Water ,Heterotrophic Processes ,Pathogenic bacteria ,Alaskan Natives ,biology.organism_classification ,Bacterial Load ,Fecal coliform ,Biofilms ,Indians, North American ,Water quality ,Water Microbiology ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
Private residences in rural areas with water systems that are not adequately regulated, monitored, and updated could have drinking water that poses a health risk. To investigate water quality on the Crow Reservation in Montana, water and biofilm samples were collected from 57 public buildings and private residences served by either treated municipal or individual groundwater well systems. Bacteriological quality was assessed including detection of fecal coliform bacteria and heterotrophic plate count (HPC) as well as three potentially pathogenic bacterial genera, Mycobacterium, Legionella, and Helicobacter. All three target genera were detected in drinking water systems on the Crow Reservation. Species detected included the opportunistic and frank pathogens Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium gordonae, Mycobacterium flavescens, Legionella pneumophila, and Helicobacter pylori. Additionally, there was an association between HPC bacteria and the presence of Mycobacterium and Legionella but not the presence of Helicobacter. This research has shown that groundwater and municipal drinking water systems on the Crow Reservation can harbor potential bacterial pathogens.
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- 2015
37. Mycobacteria in Water Used for Personal Hygiene in Heavy Industry and Collieries: A Potential Risk for Employees
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Vit Ulmann, Radka Dziedzinska, and Anna Kracalikova
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Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,media_common.quotation_subject ,lcsh:Medicine ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Water supply ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Heavy industry ,mining water ,Mining ,Mycobacterium ,Water Purification ,Microbiology ,Immunocompromised Host ,Shower ,Personal hygiene ,Risk Factors ,Water Supply ,Hygiene ,Environmental health ,Humans ,Medicine ,Occupational Health ,colliery ,media_common ,industry ,biology ,business.industry ,Potential risk ,Communication ,lcsh:R ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,surface water ,biology.organism_classification ,shower ,Metallurgy ,environmental mycobacteria ,Water Microbiology ,business ,Surface water - Abstract
Environmental mycobacteria (EM) constitute a health risk, particularly for immunocompromised people. Workers in heavy industry and in collieries represent an at-risk group of people as their immunity is often weakened by long-term employment in dusty environments, frequent smoking and an increased occurrence of pulmonary diseases. This study was concerned with the presence of EM in non-drinking water used for the hygiene of employees in six large industrial companies and collieries. Over a period of ten years, 1096 samples of surface water treated for hygiene purposes (treated surface water) and treated surface water diluted with mining water were examined. EM were detected in 63.4 and 41.5% samples of treated surface water and treated surface water diluted with mining water, respectively. Mycobacterium gordonae, M. avium-intracellulare and M. kansasii were the most frequently detected species. Adoption of suitable precautions should be enforced to reduce the incidence of mycobacteria in shower water and to decrease the infectious pressure on employees belonging to an at-risk group of people.
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- 2015
38. Shedding light on host niches: label-freein situdetection ofMycobacterium gordonaevia carotenoids in macrophages by Raman microspectroscopy
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Petra Rösch, Jürgen Popp, Rainer Heintzmann, Kilian R. A. Schneider, Thomas Bocklitz, Anja Silge, Elias Abdou, Susann Meisel, and Hui-Wen Lu-Walther
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In situ ,biology ,Immunology ,Cell ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Inflammation ,biology.organism_classification ,Microbiology ,Cell biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Virology ,medicine ,medicine.symptom ,Bacterial outer membrane ,Bacteria ,Intracellular ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Macrophages are the primary habitat of pathogenic mycobacteria during infections. Current research about the host-pathogen interaction on the cellular level is still going on. The present study proves the potential of Raman microspectroscopy as a label-free and non-invasive method to investigate intracellular mycobacteria in situ. Therefore, macrophages were infected with Mycobacterium gordonae, a mycobacterium known to cause inflammation linked to intracellular survival in macrophages. Here, we show that Raman maps provided spatial and spectral information about the position of bacteria within determined cell margins of macrophages in two-dimensional scans and in three-dimensional image stacks. Simultaneously, the relative intracellular concentration and distributions of cellular constituents such as DNA, proteins and lipids provided phenotypic information about the infected macrophages. Locations of bacteria outside or close to the outer membrane of the macrophages were notably different in their spectral pattern compared with intracellular once. Furthermore, accumulations of bacteria inside of macrophages exhibit distinct spectral/molecular information because of the chemical composition of the intracellular microenvironment. The data show that the connection of microscopically and chemically gained information provided by Raman microspectroscopy offers a new analytical way to detect and to characterize the mycobacterial infection of macrophages.
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- 2015
39. Pseudo-outbreak ofMycobacterium gordonaeFollowing the Opening of a Newly Constructed Hospital at a Chicago Medical Center
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Barbara Schmitt, John Segreti, Robert A. Weinstein, Kavitha Prabaker, Chethra Muthiah, Sharon F. Welbel, Mary K. Hayden, Gordon M. Trenholme, Mary Alice Lavin, Mary Lou Scorza, Kathleen G. Beavis, and Jyothirmai Cheerala
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Microbiology (medical) ,Veterinary medicine ,Epidemiology ,Water contamination ,Colony Count, Microbial ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Disease Outbreaks ,Pseudo outbreak ,Microbiology ,Hospitals, University ,medicine ,Humans ,Chicago ,Gastric Juice ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,business.industry ,Drinking Water ,Sputum ,Outbreak ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,University hospital ,biology.organism_classification ,Infectious Diseases ,Bronchoalveolar lavage ,Carrier State ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,medicine.symptom ,Water Microbiology ,business ,Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - Abstract
OBJECTIVETo identify the source of a pseudo-outbreak ofMycobacterium gordonaeDESIGNOutbreak investigation.SETTINGUniversity Hospital in Chicago, Ilinois.PATIENTSHospital patients withM. gordonae-positive clinical cultures.METHODSAn increase in isolation ofM. gordonaefrom clinical cultures was noted immediately following the opening of a newly constructed hospital in January 2012. We reviewed medical records of patients withM. gordonae-positive cultures collected between January and December 2012 and cultured potable water specimens in new and old hospitals quantitatively for mycobacteria.RESULTSOf 30 patients withM. gordonae-positive clinical cultures, 25 (83.3%) were housed in the new hospital; of 35 positive specimens (sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, gastric aspirate), 32 (91.4%) had potential for water contamination.M. gordonaewas more common in water collected from the new vs. the old hospital [147 of 157 (93.6%) vs. 91 of 113 (80.5%),P=.001]. Median concentration ofM. gordonaewas higher in the samples from the new vs. the old hospital (208 vs. 48 colony-forming units (CFU)/mL;PM. gordonaewere lower in water samples from ice and water dispensers [13 of 28 (46.4%) and 0 CFU/mL] compared with water samples from patient rooms and common areas [225 of 242 (93%) and 146 CFU/mL,PCONCLUSIONSM. gordonaewas common in potable water. The pseudo-outbreak ofM. gordonaewas likely due to increased concentrations ofM. gordonaein the potable water supply of the new hospital. A silver ion-impregnated 0.5-μm filter may have been responsible for lower concentrations ofM. gordonaeidentified in ice/water dispenser samples. Hospitals should anticipate that construction activities may amplify the presence of waterborne nontuberculous mycobacterial contaminants.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;00(0): 1–6
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- 2014
40. Repeated acute kidney injury associated with Mycobacterium gordonae infection
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Masaaki Ito, Satoshi Mitarai, Akiko Nakamura, Tomohiro Murata, Shinsuke Nomura, Hiroshi Matsuo, Takayasu Ito, and Eiji Ishikawa
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Hepatitis B virus ,Nephrology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,business.industry ,Acute kidney injury ,Case Report ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Glomerulonephritis ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease_cause ,Erysipelas ,Clarithromycin ,Internal medicine ,Immunology ,medicine ,Polyarthritis ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Mycobacterium gordonae is a nontuberculous mycobacterium widely distributed in the environment. Although M. gordonae is not usually pathogenic and glomerular lesions due to M. gordonae are very rare, infection has been reported in both immunocompromised patients and healthy persons. We report a case of acute kidney injury (AKI) in which M. gordonae was ultimately identified as the cause. A 70-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever, polyarthritis, and AKI. He was a hepatitis B virus carrier, suffered from diabetes, and had a past history of erysipelas. No causative bacteria were identified, but coexisting infection was suspected. The patient experienced remission with antibiotic therapy, but the same symptoms recurred eight times. Blood polymerase chain reaction was performed during the 7th recurrence, and M. gordonae was detected. Clarithromycin was initiated, but 2 years after initial hospitalization, the patient died due to M. gordonae infection. In this case, acute kidney injury was a consequence of infection-related glomerulonephritis due to M. gordonae. Mycobacterium is difficult to detect by routine culture methods; therefore, diagnosis remains challenging.
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- 2014
41. False-positive QuantiFERON TB-Gold test due to Mycobacterium gordonae
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Kiran Gajurel and Aruna Subramanian
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Tuberculosis ,030106 microbiology ,Interferon gamma release assay ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,QuantiFERON ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Assisted Living Facilities ,Latent Tuberculosis ,mental disorders ,Humans ,Medicine ,False Positive Reactions ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Aged, 80 and over ,biology ,Latent tuberculosis ,business.industry ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Risk factors for tuberculosis ,General Medicine ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Infectious Diseases ,Immunology ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Interferon-gamma Release Tests ,business - Abstract
We report a case of QuantiFERON TB-Gold conversion associated to Mycobacterium gordonae in an elderly male from an assisted living facility without known risk factors for tuberculosis. This knowledge of environmental mycobacteria causing positive quantiferon assays is important to avoid unnecessary treatment of false-positive latent tuberculosis, especially in the absence of well-established positive predictive value of quantiferon conversion.
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- 2016
42. Non-Tuberculosis mycobacterium speciation using HPLC under Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) in India
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Narayana Vijayalakshmi, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, George Sebastian, Mamatha Voderhobli, P. Kumar, and Telagi Vishwanatha
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0301 basic medicine ,Mycobacterium kansasii ,biology ,Mycobacterium gastri ,030106 microbiology ,Mycobacterium scrofulaceum ,Mycobacterium chelonae ,India ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,General Medicine ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Bacterial Typing Techniques ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ,Humans ,Mycobacterium simiae ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ,Biotechnology - Abstract
AIMS: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in nature. The data on prevalence of NTM under the RNTCP is scarce. Many NTM species have clinical significance, and hence their identification and speciation are important. METHODS AND RESULTS: It is a cross-sectional study conducted at the five RNTCP accredited culture and drug susceptibility testing (CDST) laboratory. The culture isolates from AFB positive but Immunochromatographic test negative samples were taken for identification and speciation using HPLC. Of the total 266 isolates only 164 isolates had a second sample received at the laboratory. The speciation was done using HPLC for those isolates. The type of species identified are: 26·8% (44) were Mycobacterium chelonae, 12·8% (21) were Mycobacterium fortuitum, 9% (15) were Mycobacterium gordonae, 9% (15) were Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, 6·1% (10) were Mycobacterium kansasii, 4·9% (8) were Mycobacterium simiae, 2·4% (4) were Mycobacterium thermophile, 1·2% (2) were Mycobacterium gastri, 0·6% (1) were Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, 0·6% (1) were Mycobacterium avium and 4·9% (8) isolates had chromatogram which was un-interpretable. CONCLUSION: Identification and its speciation of NTM are not routinely done under TB control programme. Since HPLC could identify 95% of isolates belonging to 10 species, the speciation of NTM using HPLC should gain importance in the diagnosis of disease caused by NTM. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF STUDY: NTM are emerging as important causative agents of pulmonary and extra pulmonary disease, the ability to recognize disease caused by NTM and subsequently treat such disease has become increasingly important. The identification of NTM up to its species level should gain importance in all TB reference Laboratories.
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43. Misidentification of Mycobacterium paraense as Mycobacterium avium Complex by Accuprobe
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Lynn Ladutko, Husain Poonawala, Vincent E. Piscitelli, and Sheldon Campbell
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,030106 microbiology ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Microbiology ,Mycobacterium ,03 medical and health sciences ,Humans ,Mycobacterium avium complex ,False Positive Reactions ,Letter to the Editor ,Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection ,Mycobacterium kansasii ,biology ,High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,Mycobacterium avium Complex ,United States ,Mycobacterium paraense ,030104 developmental biology ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ,Molecular Diagnostic Techniques ,Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,DNA Probes ,Mycobacterium avium - Abstract
AccuProbe (Hologic, Marlborough, MA) is an FDA-approved commercial test used for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), Mycobacterium gordonae, and Mycobacterium kansasii from growth in solid or
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44. Mycobacterium gordonae Skin Infection in an Immunocompetent Child
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Nigel Curtis and Bridget Freyne
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Microbiology (medical) ,Male ,Dermatologic Surgical Procedures ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Skin infection ,Microbiology ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Clarithromycin ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Pathogen ,Ethambutol ,Skin ,biology ,business.industry ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Skin ulcer ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,Face ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,medicine.symptom ,Immunocompetence ,Rifampin ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Mycobacterium gordonae is a slow growing, pigmented, nontuberculous mycobacterium. It is commonly associated with environmental contamination of clinical specimens, but it is also a recognized pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. We describe an immunocompetent child with a spontaneously occurring skin ulcer on the face caused by M. gordonae infection.
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45. Species-Specific Risk Factors, Treatment Decisions and Clinical Outcomes for Laboratory Isolates of Less Common Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Washington State
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Carolyn K. Wallis, Ferric C. Fang, David J. Horne, Javeed A. Shah, Emily S. Ford, and Thomas R. Hawn
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Washington ,0301 basic medicine ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,030106 microbiology ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium chelonae ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Disease ,Mycobacterium ,03 medical and health sciences ,Species Specificity ,Risk Factors ,Humans ,Medicine ,Mycobacterium xenopi ,Mycobacterium kansasii ,biology ,business.industry ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,Mycobacterium lentiflavum ,Immunology ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,business - Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a diverse group of environmental organisms that infrequently cause human disease. Understanding of the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics associated with NTM disease is needed to refine diagnostic and treatment strategies, particularly among the less commonly isolated species.To improve knowledge of geographic variance of NTM species, to correlate detailed clinical information with isolation of specific NTM, and to examine the decision to treat and outcomes for specific NTM.Mycobacterial cultures submitted to the University of Washington mycobacterial laboratory from 1998 to 2011 were examined. We report isolation frequency and demographic information from all samples with clinical variables. We also examined treatment decisions and outcomes in a subset of patients with Mycobacterium abscessus complex, Mycobacterium chelonae, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium gordonae, Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium lentiflavum, Mycobacterium porcinum, and Mycobacterium xenopi.Cultures of NTM were available from 3,470 patients, 937 of whom had clinical data available. When we compared patients born within or outside Washington State, we found that the mycobacterial species frequency varied. Among 168 patients with one of the studied environmental mycobacteria, 72% had major comorbid conditions. Bronchiectasis was common among patients with pulmonary isolation of any NTM, including those with nonpathogenic M. gordonae. Although mortality was high (37%), few deaths were directly attributable to mycobacterial infection. Among 56 patients who met American Thoracic Society criteria for NTM lung disease, 22 were treated, and 19 of those had M. abscessus complex and M. kansasii. The treatment regimens used tended to follow published guidelines.Isolation of NTM varied by geographic region of origin and location within Washington State. Several clinical risk factors were specific to individual species. Comorbid conditions were common in patients with and without mycobacterial disease. Among patients with one of the studied organisms, there was a high mortality rate more frequently related to comorbid conditions than to mycobacterial disease.
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- 2017
46. Cutaneous Mycobacterium gordonae infection in an elderly diabetic returned traveller
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Andrea K. Boggild, Ibrahim Al-Busaidi, and Daniel Wong
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Microbiology ,Granulomatous inflammation ,Diagnosis, Differential ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ciprofloxacin ,Diabetes mellitus ,Medicine ,Travel medicine ,Humans ,Skin Diseases, Infectious ,Ethambutol ,Aged ,Travel ,biology ,business.industry ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Pathogenicity ,biology.organism_classification ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Rifampin ,business ,medicine.drug ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Mycobacterium gordonae, a low pathogenicity organism, is rarely implicated in skin and soft tissue infections. We present a 77-year-old returned diabetic traveler from rural Sudan with cutaneous M. gordonae infection. Several months of ciprofloxacin, rifampin and ethambutol led to resolution of his plaque, without signs of recurrence at 6-month follow-up.
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- 2017
47. Drug susceptibility of rapid and slow growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from symptomatics for pulmonary tuberculosis, Central India
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Deepak Kumar Mendiratta, P. Narang, B Goswami, Rahul Narang, Udit Narang, and P. S. Mishra
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Tuberculosis ,Mycobacterium flavescens ,030106 microbiology ,Immunology ,Mycobacterium scrofulaceum ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,India ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Microbial Sensitivity Tests ,minimum inhibitory concentration ,Microbiology ,drug susceptibility ,lcsh:Microbiology ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,non-tuberculous mycobacteria ,03 medical and health sciences ,Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Humans ,Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,biology ,business.industry ,Sputum ,micro-broth dilution ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute ,Mycobacterium fortuitum Complex ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Infectious Diseases ,Amikacin ,business ,medicine.drug ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Background: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emerging as important pathogens. Their treatment also differs from that of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In India, any datum on them is scarce as species identification and drug susceptibility are not performed in most laboratories. Susceptibility also differs from one geographic area to another, and in our country, there are no data even to guide the clinicians to start treatment empirically.Methodology: The present study endeavours to generate drug susceptibility data on NTM isolated from sputum samples collected and stored from 6445 symptomatics for pulmonary tuberculosis during a prevalence survey and from specimens received from the hospital. Isolates were not necessarily associated with the disease. Species were identified and antibiotic susceptibility was performed using micro-broth dilution technique as per the standard Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. Results: A total of 65 NTM with 11 species were identified, of which 27 belonged to Mycobacterium fortuitum complex, 14 Mycobacterium gordonae, 9 Mycobacterium avium, 7 Mycobacterium flavescens, 4 Mycobacterium scrofulaceum and one each of others. Sensitivity to amikacin for M. fortuitum was 95.22% (20 out of 21), followed by ciprofloxacin (76.19%) and clarithromycin (71.42%). All the 9 M. avium isolates, 11 of M. gordonae (78.57%), 5 of M. flavescens and 2 of M. scrofulaceum were sensitive to clarithromycin. All NTM were resistant to first-line antitubercular drugs except 8, which were sensitive to streptomycin. Conclusions: Drug sensitivity of NTM varies from species to species. While amikacin was the best for rapidly growing mycobacteria, clarithromycin was the most active drug against M. avium and other slow growers.
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48. Mycobacterium gordonae-associated skin infection in an immunocompetent patient
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Patrick O. Emanuel, Nicholas Turnbull, Martin Wt Lee, and Jane Li
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,business.industry ,Treatment outcome ,MEDLINE ,Follow up studies ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Dermatology ,Mycobacterium Infections ,Skin infection ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Biopsy ,medicine ,Immunohistochemistry ,business - Published
- 2018
49. Evaluation of Q Gene Mycobacteria: A novel and easy nucleic acid chromatography method for mycobacterial species identification
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Akio Aono, Akiko Takaki, Tomotada Iwamoto, Hiroyuki Hata, Yuriko Igarashi, Akiko Kawai, Satoshi Mitarai, Hiroyuki Yamada, and Kinuyo Chikamatsu
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Microbiology (medical) ,Tuberculosis ,Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Microbiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Multiplex polymerase chain reaction ,medicine ,Humans ,Molecular Biology ,030304 developmental biology ,Genes, vif ,Mycobacterium kansasii ,Chromatography ,0303 health sciences ,Mycobacterium bovis ,biology ,030306 microbiology ,Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,rpoB ,medicine.disease ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ,Genes, Bacterial ,Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Mycobacterium - Abstract
Objectives A simple, rapid, and new diagnostic test for mycobacteria, named Q Gene Mycobacteria, has been developed. It is based on multiplex PCR using primers harbouring DNA tags combined with a dipstick nucleic acid chromatography method, which does not require the denaturation of PCR products for hybridization and can identify five species of mycobacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), Mycobacterium avium , Mycobacterium intracellulare , Mycobacterium kansasii , and Mycobacterium gordonae . This study aimed to evaluate Q Gene Mycobacteria for the accurate identification of these five species. Methods A total of 340 mycobacterial strains/isolates were tested, of which 159 were type strains (four MTC and 155 non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM) including four subspecies) and 181 were clinical isolates (18 M. tuberculosis , two Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette et Guerin (BCG), and 161 NTM comprising 16 species) collected from eight laboratories and hospitals in Japan. Species identification of NTM isolates was performed using the DNA-DNA hybridization method and/or direct sequencing of 16S rRNA, hsp65 , and rpoB genes. Q Gene Mycobacteria was compared with above conventional methods for identifying the five species. Results Q Gene Mycobacteria showed excellent concordance for species identification, specifically 99.4% (158/159) for type strains and 99.4% (180/181) for clinical isolates. The two strains that were misidentified as M. gordonae were Mycobacterium paragordonae . As they are genetically close and there is few case reports of M. paragordonae , it might not be a serious critical issue to distinguish M. paragordonae from M. gordonae . Conclusions Q Gene Mycobacteria was able to identify frequently isolated mycobacterial species accurately and easily. Therefore, Q Gene Mycobacteria could be a useful tool for the identification of specific mycobacteria in clinical laboratories.
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- 2019
50. Mixed mycobacterial infections in farmed sturgeons
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Aihua Li, Xu Jie Zhang, Tong Tong Li, Xiao Ning Gong, Cheng Ji, and De Feng Zhang
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Sturgeon ,Mycobacterium arupense ,biology ,Mycobacterium porcinum ,Mycobacterium chelonae ,Mycobacterium fortuitum ,Mycobacterium gordonae ,Aquatic Science ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,biology.organism_classification ,Mycobacterium marinum ,Mycobacterium szulgai ,Microbiology - Abstract
Based on microbiological and histopathological examinations and DNA sequencing, several outbreaks of mycobacteriosis in the reared sturgeons, including Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis Gray) and Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrencki), were identified during 2009 to 2010. Forty-nine isolates of non-tuberculous mycobacteria(NTM)were isolated from 19 diseased sturgeons. In total, seven species of Mycobacterium were identified, namely, Mycobacterium chelonae, Mycobacterium marinum, Mycobacterium gordonae, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium szulgai, Mycobacterium arupense and Mycobacterium porcinum. Among them, M. marinum was found to be more prevalent (89.5%) compared with the other mycobacterial species. When two molecular biological methods, PCR-DGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) analysis and rpoB gene library sequencing, were used to analyse the mycobacterial DNAs extracted from the diseased fish tissues, mixed infections of two or three mycobacterial species were found being the predominant infection form (94.7%) in sturgeon mycobacteriosis. M. marinum was the only one species that caused sturgeon mycobacteriosis alone. Virulence assay showed that M. marinum possessed stronger pathogenicity to zebrafish killing 100% of fish in 28days at 10(3) cfu/fish than the other species. These results suggested that M. marinum is the major pathogenic bacteria in sturgeon mycobacteriosis. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first report on mycobacteriosis in farmed Chinese and Amur sturgeons as well as the first isolation of M. porcinum and M. arupense from fish.
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