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. 2011 Jul-Aug;37(4):521-6.
doi: 10.1590/s1806-37132011000400015.

Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical sterile sites in patients at a university hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Simone Gonçalves Senna  1 , Ana Grazia Marsico, Gisele Betzler de Oliveira Vieira, Luciana Fonseca Sobral, Philip Noel Suffys, Leila de Souza Fonseca
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Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from clinical sterile sites in patients at a university hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Simone Gonçalves Senna et al. J Bras Pneumol. 2011 Jul-Aug.
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Abstract

Objective: To identify nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolated from sterile sites in patients hospitalized between 2001 and 2006 at the Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Methods: During the study period, 34 NTM isolates from sterile sites of 14 patients, most of whom were HIV-positive, were submitted to phenotypic identification and hsp65 PCR-restriction enzyme analysis (PRA).

Results: Most isolates were identified as Mycobacterium avium, followed by M. monacense, M. kansasii, and M. abscessus.

Conclusions: The combination of PRA, a relatively simple and inexpensive method, with the evaluation of a few phenotypic characteristics can allow NTM to be accurately identified in the routine of clinical laboratories.

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