Mycobacterium wolinskyi sp. nov. and Mycobacterium goodii sp. nov., two new rapidly growing species related to Mycobacterium smegmatis and associated with human wound infections: A cooperative study from the International Working Group on Mycobacterial Taxonomy

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1493-1511

  Brown, Barbara A ^a   Springer, Burkhard ^b   Steingrube, Vincent A ^a   Wilson, Rebecca W ^a   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^c   Garcia, Maria J ^d   Menendez, M Carmen ^d   Rodriguez Salgado, Beatriz ^d   Jost Jr , Kenneth C ^e   Chiu, Sher H ^e   Onyi, Grace O ^a   Böttger, Erik C ^b   Wallace Jr , Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium goodii; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Mycobacterium wolinskyi; Rapidly growing mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ESTER; IMIPENEM; MYCOLIC ACID; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GOODII; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM WOLINSKYI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TAXONOMY;

MYCOBACTERIUM GOODII; MYCOBACTERIUM WOLINSKYI;

EID: 0032754133     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1493     Document Type: Article

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