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Case Reports
. 2005 Aug;43(8):4286-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4286-4287.2005.

Infections due to the newly described species Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum

Enrico Tortoli  1 , Leonardo Chianura, Lionella Fabbro, Alessandro Mariottini, Nuria Martín-Casabona, Gianna Mazzarelli, Cristina Russo, Mario Spinelli
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Case Reports

Infections due to the newly described species Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum

Enrico Tortoli et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Aug.

Abstract

We report on four cases of infection by the recently described species Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum. In two cases the mycobacterium was isolated from AIDS patients, while in the others it was responsible for pulmonary disease in elderly men. Our findings suggest that M. parascrofulaceum is an opportunistic pathogen, like many other nontuberculous mycobacterial species.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Alignment of traits of the 16S rRNA gene suitable for differentiation of M. parascrofulaceum from M. scrofulaceum. Base pair position is indicated according to the Escherichia coli sequence.
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