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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2779-2782, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2779-2782.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Soft Tissue Infection Caused by a Novel Pigmented, Rapidly Growing Mycobacterium Species

Christine Y. Turenne,1* Amar A. Suchak,2 Joyce N. Wolfe,1 Amin Kabani,1,3 and Lindsay E. Nicolle2

National Reference Centre for Mycobacteriology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada,1 Department of Internal Medicine,2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada3

Received 8 October 2002/ Returned for modification 20 November 2002/ Accepted 25 March 2003

Molecular techniques are playing an important role in the diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial infections. This case report describes a chronic soft tissue infection in an immunocompetent patient caused by a previously undescribed pigmented, rapidly growing Mycobacterium species, emphasizing the importance of clinical suspicion and effective laboratory techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Reference Centre for Mycobacteriology, National Microbiology Laboratory, 1015 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 3R2. Phone: (204) 789-6081. Fax: (204) 789-2036. E-mail: cturenne{at}hc-sc.gc.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2779-2782, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2779-2782.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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