Mycobacterium paraffinicum Causing Symptomatic Pulmonary Infection

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Anthony Chan, Emory University; Sarah Kabbani, Emory University; Gerald Staton, Emory University; Colleen Kraft, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2014-04-01
• Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03107-13
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• ISSN: 0095-1137
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 4
• Start Page: 1281
• End Page: 1283
• Keywords: AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; Microbiology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Science & Technology; SLOWLY GROWING MYCOBACTERIA; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; PSEUDO-OUTBREAK; MICROBIOLOGY; LUNG-DISEASE
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health; Health Sciences, Pathology

Abstract

Mycobacterium paraffinicum has been newly recognized as a species. A case of symptomatic pulmonary infection caused by M. paraffinicum is described, and as far as we know, this is the first case of the organism as a human pathogen. Copyright © 2014, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.