Fatal pulmonary infection associated with a novel organism, "para-streptomyces abscessus".
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Actinomycetes are increasingly recognized as pathogenic in the immunocompromised host. We isolated an asporogenous, nonmotile, aerobic gram-positive rod from a transplant recipient with a fatal pulmonary infection. The pathology was similar to that associated with Rhodococcus equi, including intra-histiocytic localization. The organism was relatively inert in standard biochemical tests. 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated a potentially unique organism most closely related to the genus Streptomyces, for which we propose the name "Para-streptomyces abscessus."
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 43 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005