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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2001, p. 2668-2671, Vol. 39, No. 7
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2668-2671.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Pulmonary Infection Caused by an Unusual, Slowly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacterium

Sini Suomalainen,1,* Pirkko Koukila-Kähkölä,2 Eljas Brander,3 Marja-Leena Katila,4 Anneli Piilonen,2 Lars Paulin,1 and Karin Mattson2

Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki,1 Helsinki University Central Hospital,2 and United Laboratories,3 Helsinki, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio,4 Finland

Received 7 December 2000/Returned for modification 16 January 2001/Accepted 22 March 2001

Mycobacterium triplex, a recently described slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium, was isolated from a Finnish patient with pulmonary mycobacteriosis. The disease was successfully treated with antimycobacterial drugs. The strain isolated, which was similar to the type strain but differed slightly from the species description, was regarded as a variant of M. triplex sensu stricto. According to present knowledge this variant of the species has never been isolated before.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Biotechnology, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. Phone: 358-9-191 58886. Fax: 358-9-191 58952. E-mail: sini.suomalainen{at}helsinki.fi.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2001, p. 2668-2671, Vol. 39, No. 7
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2668-2671.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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