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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2004, p. 2855-2857, Vol. 42, No. 6
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2855-2857.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

First Case Report of Catheter-Related Bacteremia Due to "Mycobacterium lacticola"

Deanna L. Kiska,1* Christine Y. Turenne,2 A. Stephen Dubansky,3 and Joseph. B. Domachowske3

Departments of Pathology,1 Pediatrics, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York,3 National Reference Centre for Mycobacteriology, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada2

Received 19 December 2003/ Returned for modification 16 January 2004/ Accepted 16 March 2004

This is the first report of infection caused by "Mycobacterium lacticola," a rapidly growing, scotochromogenic mycobacterium that was isolated from the blood of an immunosuppressed child. The organism was identified by sequence analysis of >1,400 bp of the 16S rRNA gene. The clinical relevance of this isolate, coupled with its unique 16S rRNA gene sequence, should prompt further investigation to establish this organism as a valid mycobacterial species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Pathology, 750 East Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210. Phone: (315) 464-6713. Fax: (315) 464-6817. E-mail: kiskad{at}upstate.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2004, p. 2855-2857, Vol. 42, No. 6
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2855-2857.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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