The relationship of “atypical” acid-fast bacteria to human disease: A preliminary report

Reviews of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 1098-1103

  Timpe, Alice ^a   Runyon, Ernest H ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0019616494     PISSN: 01620886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/3.5.1098     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Willis, H. S., and Cummings, M. M.: Diagnostic and Experimental Methods in Tuberculosis, Springfield, 1952, ed. 2, Charles C Thomas, 373 pp.
2. Griffith, A. Stanley: Atypical Tubercle Bacilli in Human and Animal Tuberculosis With Special Reference to Those Occurring in Lupus, Tubercle 5: 569, 1924.
3. Cobbett, L.: An Acid-fast Bacillus Obtained From a Pustular Eruption, Brit. M. J. 2: 158, 1918.
4. Jensen, K. A., and Frimodt-Moller: Studies on the Types of Tubercle Bacillus Isolated From Man. II. Strains of Attenuated Virulence. III. Transformation of Some Atypical Strains, Non-pathogenic for Rabbits, Into Bovine Types Through Rabbit Passages, Acta tuberc. scandinav. 10: 83, 217, 1936.
5. Rabinowitsch-Kempner, L.: The Types of Tubercle Bacilli in Human Tuberculosis. Am. Rev. Tuberc. 15: 225, 1927.
6. Gellerstedt, N.: On an Isolated Tuberculoid Form of Skin Granuloma Caused by Atypical Acid-Fast Bacilli, Acta path. et microbiol. scandinav. Supplement 54: 574, 1944.
7. Cleveland, D. E. H.: Possible Tuberculous Skin Infection From a Swimming Pool. Report of Four Cases, Acta dermat.-venereol. 31: 147, 1951.
8. Hellerstrom, Sven: Collected Cases of Inoculation Lupus Vulgaris, Acta dermat. venereol. 31: 194, 1951.
9. MacCallum, P.: A New Mycobacterial Infection in Man; Clinical Aspects, J. Path. & Bact. 60: 93, 1948.
10. Buckle, G., and Tolhurst, J. C. A New Mycobacterial Infection in Man; Experimental Investigations in Laboratory Animals; Cultivation of the New Mycobacterium, J. Path. & Bact. 60: 102, 116, 1948.
11. Fenner, F., and Leach, R. H.: Studies on Mycobacterium ulcerans. I. Serological Relationship to Other Mycobacteria. II. Cross Reactivity in Guinea Pigs Sensitized With M. ulcerans and Other Mycobacteria, Australian J. Exper. Biol. & Med. Sc. 30: 1, 11, 1952.
12. Norden, A, and Linell, F.: A New Type of Pathogenic Mycobacterium, Nature 168: 826, 1951.
13. Moore, M., and Frerichs, J. B.: An Unusual Acid-Fast Infection of the Knee With Subcutaneous, Abscess-like Lesions of the Gluteal Region. Report of a Case With a Study of the Organism Mycobacterium abscessus, n. sp., J. Invest. Derm. 20: 133, 1953.
14. Gibson, J. B.: Saprophytic Mycobacterial Lung Infection, J. Path. & Bact. 65: 239, 1953.
15. Beaven, P. W., and Bayne-Jones, S.: Mycobacterium (sp.?) Ryan Strain isolated From Pleural Exudate, J. In-feet. Dis. 49: 399, 1931.
16. Branch, A S.: Study of Acid-Fast Organisms Other Than Mammalian Tubercle Bacilli Isolated From Disease in Man, Tubercle 14: 337, 1933.
17. Feldman, W. H., Davies, R., Moses, H. E., and Andberg, W.: An Unusual Mycobacterium Isolated From Sputum of a Man Suffering From Pulmonary Disease of Long Duration, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 48: 82, 1943.
18. Buhler, V. B., and Pollak, A.: Human Infection With Atypical Acid-fast Organisms. Report of Two Cases With Pathological Findings, Am. J. Clin. Path. 23: 363, 1953.
19. Hall, W. H., and Erlandson, H.: Pulmonary Granuloma Caused by Atypical Mycobacterium. Case Report, Trans. 13th VA-Army-Navy Conference on Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis, St. Louis, Feb. 1954, (To be published).
20. Cummings, M. M., Patnode, R., and Melvin, I.: Tuberculosis Evaluation Laboratory Methods (mimeographed), Public Health Service, Tuberculosis Control Division and Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. I, 1948.
21. Buhler, V. B.: Personal communication.
22. Owen, B.: Personal communication.
23. Yegian, D., and Budd, V.: Certain Non-pathogenic Mycobacteria as a Source of Error in Diagnosis and Drug Susceptibility Tests, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 68: 557, 1953.
24. Baldwin, E. R.: Non-pathogenic Acid-Fast Bacilli: A Case of Chronic Pneumonitis Associated With a Non-pathogenic Acid-Fast Bacillus, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 45: 756, 1942.
25. Warring, F. c., and Rilance, A. B.: Chronic Induration Pneumonia Resulting From Cardiospasm, J. Lab. & Clin. Med. 28: 1591, 1943.
26. Pinner, M.: Atypical Acid-Fast Organisms. III. Chromogenic Acid-Fast Bacilli From Human Beings. IV. Smooth-Growing Tubercle Bacilli, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 32: 424, 1935.
27. Rothstein, E., and Pirkle, H. B.: Pulmonary Disease Secondary to Cardiospasm With Acid-Fast Bacilli in the Sputum, Dis. Chest 12: 232, 1946.
28. Cummins, S. L., and Williams, E. M.: An Acid-Fast Other Than Koch's Bacillus Cultivated From Sputum, Tubercle 15: 49, 1933.
29. Griffith, A S.: Observations on the "M" Strain of AcidFast Bacilli, Tubercle 15: 53, 1933.
30. Steenken, W., and Landau, A.: Dissociation of Two Unusual Organisms Isolated From Human Sources, J. Infect. Dis. 58: 247, 1936.
31. Lominski, I., and Harper, E. M.: An Unidentified AcidFast Bacillus (Mycobacterium sp., strain Glasgow) Found in Human Sputum and Lung Disease, J. Path. & Bact. 65: 253, 1953.
32. Tarshis, M. S., and Frisch, A W.: Chromogenic Acid-Fast Bacilli From Human Sources; I. Cultural Studies; II. Pathological Studies; III. Hypersensitivity Studies, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 65: 278, 289, 302, 1952.
33. Collins, C. H.: Differences Between Tubercle Bacilli and Other Acid-Fast Bacilli From Human Sources, Acta tuberc. scandinav. 28: 340, 1953.