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Review
. 2017 Oct 10:22:6-12.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.10.002. eCollection 2018 Mar.

Role of Tsukamurella species in human infections: first literature review

S Safaei  1 , M Fatahi-Bafghi  2 , Omid Pouresmaeil  2
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Role of Tsukamurella species in human infections: first literature review

S Safaei et al. New Microbes New Infect. .

Abstract

Tsukamurella is an aerobic, Gram-positive and nonmotile bacterium. It was first isolated in 1941 from the mycetoma and ovaries of the bedbug. The primary strains were named Corynebacterium paurometabolum and Gordona aurantiaca and are different from the Collins et al., 1988 classification of the new Tsukamurella genus. Human infections with Tsukamurella species are rare because the species is a kind of saprophyte bacterium; however, most information regarding this species comes from case reports. Molecular markers for the identification Tsukamurella include sequencing of 16S rRNA, groEL, rpoB, secA1 and ssrA genes. Given the lack of information on the treatment of Tsukamurella infections, a combination of various antibiotic agents is recommended.

Keywords: Isolation; Tsukamurella; molecular identification; taxonomy.

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Full gene sequencing (∼1500 bp fragment) of 16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic tree of Tsukamurella species (standard isolates) computed by neighbour-joining analyses and Kimura two-parameter model. Support of each branch as determined from 1000 bootstrap samples. Bar 0.005 indicates one nucleotide substitution per 100 nucleotides.
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