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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2008, p. 1850-1853, Vol. 46, No. 5
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02079-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characterization of "Mycobacterium paraffinicum" Associated with a Pseudo-Outbreak{triangledown}

Shu-Hua Wang,1 Julie E. Mangino,1 Kurt Stevenson,1 Mitchell A. Yakrus,2 Robert Cooksey,2 W. Ray Butler,2 Mimi Healy,3 Mark G. Wise,3 Larry S. Schlesinger,1 and Preeti Pancholi4*

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio,1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Atlanta, Georgia,2 Bacterial Barcodes, Inc., Athens, Georgia,3 Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio4

Received 26 October 2007/ Accepted 16 March 2008

We describe the first "Mycobacterium paraffinicum" (unofficial taxon) pseudo-outbreak in a tertiary-care medical center. Fifteen clinical nontuberculous mycobacterium isolates from 10 patients were initially identified by biochemical tests and high-performance liquid chromatography as Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. However, further testing by molecular analysis revealed "M. paraffinicum." Epidemiological and environmental investigation determined that the ice machine was the source of the pseudo-outbreak.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 1492 E. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43205. Phone: (614) 257-3488. Fax: (614) 257-2405. E-mail: Preeti.Pancholi{at}osumc.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 26 March 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2008, p. 1850-1853, Vol. 46, No. 5
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02079-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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