This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Yakrus, M A Articles by Good, R C Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Yakrus, M A Articles by Good, R C

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

J Clin Microbiol. 1990 May; 28(5): 926-929

Geographic distribution, frequency, and specimen source of Mycobacterium avium complex serotypes isolated from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Division of Bacterial Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

ABSTRACT

Isolates of Mycobacterium avium complex from 727 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were submitted by medical centers across the United States to the Centers for Disease Control for serotyping. We were able to type 630 (87%) of these isolates by our seroagglutination procedure. Almost all typeable isolates were M. avium (serotypes 1 to 6 and 8 to 11). Blood was the major specimen source for both M. avium and the nontypeable isolates. M. intracellulare serotypes made up only 3% of all isolates from AIDS patients, with sputum being the major specimen source. More than 50% of the isolates originated from either New York or California, with serotype 4 being isolated most frequently in New York and serotype 8 appearing most frequently in California. AIDS patients in Los Angeles had a significantly higher isolation frequency for serotype 8 and a significantly lower one for serotype 4 in comparison with patients in either San Francisco or New York City.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Stout, J. E., Hopkins, G. W., McDonald, J. R., Quinn, A., Hamilton, C. D., Reller, L. B., Frothingham, R. (2008). Association between 16S-23S Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequence Groups of Mycobacterium avium Complex and Pulmonary Disease. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 2790-2793 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Miyamoto, Y., Mukai, T., Maeda, Y., Nakata, N., Kai, M., Naka, T., Yano, I., Makino, M. (2007). Characterization of the Fucosylation Pathway in the Biosynthesis of Glycopeptidolipids from Mycobacterium avium Complex. J. Bacteriol. 189: 5515-5522 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Turenne, C. Y., Wallace, R. Jr., Behr, M. A. (2007). Mycobacterium avium in the Postgenomic Era. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 20: 205-229 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Prammananan, T., Phunpruch, S., Tingtoy, N., Srimuang, S., Chaiprasert, A. (2006). Distribution of hsp65 PCR-Restriction Enzyme Analysis Patterns among Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates in Thailand. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44: 3819-3821 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Sweet, L., Schorey, J. S. (2006). Glycopeptidolipids from Mycobacterium avium promote macrophage activation in a TLR2- and MyD88-dependent manner. J. Leukoc. Biol. 80: 415-423 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Wu, C.-w., Glasner, J., Collins, M., Naser, S., Talaat, A. M. (2006). Whole-Genome Plasticity among Mycobacterium avium Subspecies: Insights from Comparative Genomic Hybridizations. J. Bacteriol. 188: 711-723 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Maekura, R., Okuda, Y., Hirotani, A., Kitada, S., Hiraga, T., Yoshimura, K., Yano, I., Kobayashi, K., Ito, M. (2005). Clinical and Prognostic Importance of Serotyping Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare Complex Isolates in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Negative Patients. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43: 3150-3158 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Krzywinska, E., Krzywinski, J., Schorey, J. S. (2004). Phylogeny of Mycobacterium avium strains inferred from glycopeptidolipid biosynthesis pathway genes. Microbiology 150: 1699-1706 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• McGarvey, J. A., Bermudez, L. E. (2001). Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses of the Mycobacterium avium Complex Reveal Differences in Gastrointestinal Invasion and Genomic Composition. Infect. Immun. 69: 7242-7249 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Birkness, K. A., Swords, W. E., Huang, P.-H., White, E. H., Dezzutti, C. S., Lal, R. B., Quinn, F. D. (1999). Observed Differences in Virulence-Associated Phenotypes between a Human Clinical Isolate and a Veterinary Isolate of Mycobacterium avium. Infect. Immun. 67: 4895-4901 [Abstract] [Full Text]