A Novel Mycobacterium cosmeticum-Like Bacterium Isolated from the Ear Swab of a Patient with Otitis Externa

We describe the identification and characterization of a novel nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), isolated from an ear swab of an adult male patient with chronic otitis externa. Genetically, the bacterium is most closely related to Mycobacterium cosmeticum; however, growth and biochemical features...

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Autores principales: Teo, Jeanette W. P., Cheng, Janet W. S., Jureen, Roland, Lin, Raymond T. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25866687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/825819
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author Teo, Jeanette W. P.
Cheng, Janet W. S.
Jureen, Roland
Lin, Raymond T. P.
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description We describe the identification and characterization of a novel nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), isolated from an ear swab of an adult male patient with chronic otitis externa. Genetically, the bacterium is most closely related to Mycobacterium cosmeticum; however, growth and biochemical features indicate that it is distinctly different. Here, we highlight for the first time an unusual NTM that is a probable cause of ear infection.
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spelling pubmed-43817262015-04-12 A Novel Mycobacterium cosmeticum-Like Bacterium Isolated from the Ear Swab of a Patient with Otitis Externa Teo, Jeanette W. P. Cheng, Janet W. S. Jureen, Roland Lin, Raymond T. P. Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report We describe the identification and characterization of a novel nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), isolated from an ear swab of an adult male patient with chronic otitis externa. Genetically, the bacterium is most closely related to Mycobacterium cosmeticum; however, growth and biochemical features indicate that it is distinctly different. Here, we highlight for the first time an unusual NTM that is a probable cause of ear infection. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4381726/ /pubmed/25866687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/825819 Text en Copyright © 2015 Jeanette W. P. Teo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Teo, Jeanette W. P.
Cheng, Janet W. S.
Jureen, Roland
Lin, Raymond T. P.
A Novel Mycobacterium cosmeticum-Like Bacterium Isolated from the Ear Swab of a Patient with Otitis Externa
title A Novel Mycobacterium cosmeticum-Like Bacterium Isolated from the Ear Swab of a Patient with Otitis Externa
title_full A Novel Mycobacterium cosmeticum-Like Bacterium Isolated from the Ear Swab of a Patient with Otitis Externa
title_fullStr A Novel Mycobacterium cosmeticum-Like Bacterium Isolated from the Ear Swab of a Patient with Otitis Externa
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Mycobacterium cosmeticum-Like Bacterium Isolated from the Ear Swab of a Patient with Otitis Externa
title_short A Novel Mycobacterium cosmeticum-Like Bacterium Isolated from the Ear Swab of a Patient with Otitis Externa
title_sort novel mycobacterium cosmeticum-like bacterium isolated from the ear swab of a patient with otitis externa
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25866687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/825819
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