A new agent of mycobacterial lymphadenitis in children: Mycobacterium heidelbergense sp. nov

Nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis presents an increasing clinical problem in immunocompetent young children. A slowly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacterium was recovered twice (isolates 2553/91 and 2554/91) from the lymphatic tissue of a child with recurrent cervical lymphadenitis. It...

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Hauptverfasser: Haas, Walter (VerfasserIn) , Butler, W. R. (VerfasserIn) , Kirschner, P. (VerfasserIn) , Plikaytis, B. B. (VerfasserIn) , Coyle, M. B. (VerfasserIn) , Amthor, Beate (VerfasserIn) , Steigerwalt, A. G. (VerfasserIn) , Brenner, D. J. (VerfasserIn) , Salfinger, M. (VerfasserIn) , Crawford, J. T. (VerfasserIn) , Böttger, E. C. (VerfasserIn) , Bremer, Hans J. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Dec. 1997
In: Journal of clinical microbiology
Year: 1997, Jahrgang: 35, Heft: 12, Pages: 3203-3209
ISSN:1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/jcm.35.12.3203-3209.1997
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Verfasserangaben:W H Haas, W R Butler, P Kirschner, B B Plikaytis, M B Coyle, B Amthor, A G Steigerwalt, D J Brenner, M Salfinger, J T Crawford, E C Böttger, H J Bremer
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Zusammenfassung:Nontuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis presents an increasing clinical problem in immunocompetent young children. A slowly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacterium was recovered twice (isolates 2553/91 and 2554/91) from the lymphatic tissue of a child with recurrent cervical lymphadenitis. It could be differentiated biochemically from described Mycobacterium species, although it most closely resembled Mycobacterium malmoense by thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography of mycolic acids. A striking characteristic of the isolate was its high degree of susceptibility to antituberculous drugs in vitro, including isoniazid. Direct determination of the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed a unique sequence and positioned the strain phylogenetically on a branch separate from M. malmoense within a group of slowly growing mycobacteria that show a high degree of similarity to M. simiae at the 16S rRNA gene level. Despite 99.6% sequence identity with M. simiae at the 16S rRNA gene level, DNA-DNA hybridization studies (hydroxyapatite method) demonstrated DNA relatedness of less than 40%. We conclude that this organism is a new species for which we propose the name M. heidelbergense. A culture of the type strain, strain 2554/91, has been deposited in the American Type Culture Collection as strain ATCC 51253.
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ISSN:1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/jcm.35.12.3203-3209.1997