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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1193-1196, Vol. 37, No. 4
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Central Line Sepsis in a Child Due to a Previously Unidentified Mycobacterium

Geoffrey G. Hogg,¹ Mark F. Schinsky,^2, Michael M. McNeil,^2,3,* Brent A. Lasker,³ Vella A. Silcox,⁴ and June M. Brown²

Department of Microbiology/Infectious Diseases, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia 3052,¹ and Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch² and Mycotic Diseases Branch,³ Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases and Tuberculosis/Mycobacteriology Branch, and Division of AIDS, STD, and TB Laboratory Research,⁴ National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

Received 12 August 1998/Returned for modification 13 October 1998/Accepted 26 December 1998

A rapidly growing mycobacterium similar to strains in the present Mycobacterium fortuitum complex (M. fortuitum, M. peregrinum, and M. fortuitum third biovariant complex [sorbitol positive and sorbitol negative]) was isolated from a surgically placed central venous catheter tip and three cultures of blood from a 2-year-old child diagnosed with metastatic hepatoblastoma. The organism's unique phenotypic profile and ribotype patterns differed from those of the type and reference strains of the M. fortuitum complex and indicate that this organism may represent a new pathogenic taxon.

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^* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bldg. 1-4044C, Mailstop C-23, Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: (404) 639-4697. Fax: (404) 639-0817. E-mail: mmm2{at}cdc.gov.

Present address: College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.

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