Atypical mycobacteria causing non-pulmonary disease in Queensland

Blacklock, Zeta M.; Dawson, David J.

doi:10.3109/00313027909061952

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“…Accidental puncture wounds, especially due to stepping on nails contaminated with soil or water, are often seen in this group of infections (9,118,169,188). Of the 34 RGM infections discussed by Wallace et al (205), 12 (35%) directly involved the foot and 9 of these 12 (75%) were associated with stepping on a nail.…”

Section: Clinical Features Of Infections Posttraumatic Wound Infectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cutaneous disease caused by the M. fortuitum group, although reported from all over the United States and worldwide, has been recognized most commonly in the southeastern United States (9,198,220). A report in 1989 (198) indicated that about 80% of wound isolates related to cardiac surgery were from seven southern coastal states: Texas, Loui-siana, Georgia, Maryland, Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina.…”

Section: Fortuitum Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Pseudo-outbreaks of disease, defined as clusters of false infections or artifactual clustering of real infections, have been associated with contaminated bronchoscopes and automated endoscopic cleaning machines with tap water as the source of the organism (54,55). Localized infection in sporadic community-acquired disease usually occurs after a traumatic injury followed by potential soil or water contamination (9,203,205). Such injuries as stepping on a nail, motor vehicle accidents, compound fractures, etc., are typical of the clinical histories seen in patients with RGM disease (203,205).…”

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Clinical and Taxonomic Status of Pathogenic Nonpigmented or Late-Pigmenting Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria

2002

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The history, taxonomy, geographic distribution, clinical disease, and therapy of the pathogenic nonpigmented or late-pigmenting rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) are reviewed. Community-acquired disease and health care-associated disease are highlighted for each species. The latter grouping includes health care-associated outbreaks and pseudo-outbreaks as well as sporadic disease cases. Treatment recommendations for each species and type of disease are also described. Special emphasis is on the Mycobacterium fortuitum group, including M. fortuitum, M. peregrinum, and the unnamed third biovariant complex with its recent taxonomic changes and newly recognized species (including M. septicum, M. mageritense, and proposed species M. houstonense and M. bonickei). The clinical and taxonomic status of M. chelonae, M. abscessus, and M. mucogenicum is also detailed, along with that of the closely related new species, M. immunogenum. Additionally, newly recognized species, M. wolinskyi and M. goodii, as well as M. smegmatis sensu stricto, are included in a discussion of the M. smegmatis group. Laboratory diagnosis of RGM using phenotypic methods such as biochemical testing and high-performance liquid chromatography and molecular methods of diagnosis are also discussed. The latter includes PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, hybridization, ribotyping, and sequence analysis. Susceptibility testing and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the RGM are also annotated, along with the current recommendations from the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) for mycobacterial susceptibility testing

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Section: Clinical Features Of Infections Posttraumatic Wound Infectionsmentioning

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Section: Fortuitum Groupmentioning

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Clinical and Taxonomic Status of Pathogenic Nonpigmented or Late-Pigmenting Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria

2002

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“…2009b; Pavlik & Khol 2009b). In the tropical and subtropical climate zones, ‘fish tank‐granuloma’ caused by M. marinum has also occurred among people who had no contact with either aquarium fish or aquarium environments (Blacklock & Dawson 1979).…”

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“…Today, the condition is known as Ôfish tank-granulomaÕ as it occurs mainly in aquarists (Leoni et al 1999;Novotny et al 2004;Pavlik & Khol 2009b). In the tropical and subtropical climate zones, Ôfish tank-granulomaÕ caused by M. marinum has also occurred among people who had no contact with either aquarium fish or aquarium environments (Blacklock & Dawson 1979).…”

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A low prevalence of mycobacteria in freshwater fish from water reservoirs, ponds and farms

Mrlík

Slaný

Kubečka

et al. 2012

Journal of Fish Diseases

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A survey of the occurrence of mycobacteria was conducted from 717 freshwater fish (25 species) in two water reservoirs, five ponds and two farms in the Czech Republic. A total of 2182 tissue samples from these fish were examined using the conventional culture method. Thirteen mycobacterial isolates were obtained from 12 (1.7%) fish belonging to nine species. Isolates were identified using sequence analysis of the 16SrRNA gene as: Mycobacterium algericum, M. fortuitum, M. gordonae, M. insubricum, M. kumamotonense, M. nonchromogenicum, two isolates of M. peregrinum, M. terrae and M. triplex. Mycobacteria were isolated more frequently from fish skin and gills than from internal organs or muscles.

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