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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4386-4389, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4386-4389.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Mycobacterium heckeshornense Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient and Identification by 16S rRNA Sequence Analysis of Culture Material and a Histopathology Tissue Specimen

Rob van Hest,1* Adri van der Zanden,2 Martin Boeree,3 Kristin Kremer,4 Mirjam Dessens,4 Pieter Westenend,5 Boulos Maraha,6 René van Uffelen,7 Ronald Schütte,8 and Wiel de Lange3

Department of Tuberculosis Control, Municipal Health Service Rotterdam, Rotterdam,1 Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Gelre Hospital, Apeldoorn,2 University Lung Centre Dekkerswald, Groesbeek, and University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen,3 Department of Mycobacteriology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven,4 Regional Laboratory of Pathology,5 Chest Clinic, Albert Schweitzer Hospital,7 Department of Surgery, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht,8 Regional Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Dordrecht/Gorinchem, The Netherlands6

Received 20 March 2004/ Returned for modification 25 March 2004/ Accepted 26 May 2004

Mycobacterium heckeshornense is a rare isolate in clinical specimens. We performed simultaneous 16S rRNA sequence analysis of a mycobacterium culture and a histopathology specimen to determine the relevance of M. heckeshornense infection in an immunocompetent patient initially presenting with pneumothorax.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Tuberculosis Control, Municipal Health Service Rotterdam, P.O. Box 70032, 3000 LP Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 10 4339 657. Fax: 31 10 4339 950. E-mail: vanhestr{at}ggd.rotterdam.nl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2004, p. 4386-4389, Vol. 42, No. 9
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.9.4386-4389.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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