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SUBMITTER: Kiska DL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC427892 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kiska Deanna L DL Turenne Christine Y CY Dubansky A Stephen AS Domachowske Joseph B JB
Journal of clinical microbiology 20040601 6
This is the first report of infection caused by "Mycobacterium lacticola," a rapidly growing, scotochromogenic mycobacterium that was isolated from the blood of an immunosuppressed child. The organism was identified by sequence analysis of >1,400 bp of the 16S rRNA gene. The clinical relevance of this isolate, coupled with its unique 16S rRNA gene sequence, should prompt further investigation to establish this organism as a valid mycobacterial species. ...[more]