Misidentification of Mycobacterium paraense as Mycobacterium avium Complex by Accuprobe

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Jul;55(7):2283-2284. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00663-17. Epub 2017 May 3.

Authors

Husain Poonawala¹, Vincent E Piscitelli², Lynn Ladutko², Sheldon Campbell^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Husain.poonawala@gmail.com.
² Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, USA.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: molecular probes; mycobacteriology; nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

DNA Probes / genetics*
False Positive Reactions
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Humans
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
Mycobacterium / genetics
Mycobacterium / growth & development
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / epidemiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
Mycobacterium avium / genetics
Mycobacterium avium / growth & development
Mycobacterium avium / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium avium Complex / genetics
Mycobacterium avium Complex / growth & development
Mycobacterium avium Complex / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / microbiology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
United States / epidemiology

Substances

DNA Probes