Mycobacterium heckeshornense infection in an immunocompetent patient and identification by 16S rRNA sequence analysis of culture material and a histopathology tissue specimen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4386-4389

  Van Hest, Rob ^a   Van Der Zanden, Adri ^b,c   Boeree, Martin ^d   Kremer, Kristin ^e   Dessens, Mirjam ^e   Westenend, Pieter ^f   Maraha, Boulos ^h   Van Uffelen, René ^g   Schütte, Ronald ^g   De Lange, Wiel ^c,d  

^a Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c University Lung Centre Dekkerswald   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f Department of Pathology   (Netherlands)

^g ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h Reg Laboratory Medical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HECKESHORNENSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HECKESHORNENSE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 4644342617     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4386-4389.2004     Document Type: Article

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