Tenosynovitis caused by Mycobacterium marseillense, initially identified as Mycobacterium avium complex using AccuProbe and COBAS TaqMan

Tenosynovitis caused by Mycobacterium marseillense, initially identified as Mycobacterium avium complex using AccuProbe and COBAS TaqMan

Abstract Background Mycobacterium marseillense is a new species of the Mycobacterium avium complex. There has been only a few human infections caused by M. marseillense worldwide. Case presentation We report a case of tenosynovitis caused by M. marseillense in an immunocompetent adult in Japan. The...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Nomura, Koh Okamoto, Yuki Ohama, Yoshimi Higurashi, Sohei Harada, Kyoji Moriya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Myobacterium marseillenese
Mycobacterium avium complex
Non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM)
Tenosynovitis
MALDI-TOF MS
AccuProbe
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06770-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06770-9

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