Mycobacteremia caused by simultaneous infection with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare detected by analysis of a BACTEC 13A bottle with the Gen-Probe kit.

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease ·Vol. 12 ·No. 3 ·1989-00-00 ·Pages 217-9

Conville PS, Keiser JF, Witebsky FG

Abstract

Simultaneous infection with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare in an AIDS patient was suspected after direct analysis of two BACTEC 13A blood cultures with the Gen-Probe kit for M. avium complex. A mixed infection was confirmed by evaluating isolated colonies. The Gen-Probe kit may provide a simple technique for detecting mixed M. avium-M. intracellulare infections.

MeSH Terms

Adult HIV Seropositivity/complications HIV-1 Humans Male Mycobacterium avium Complex/genetics,isolation & purification Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection/complications,diagnosis,microbiology Nucleic Acid Hybridization Nucleic Acid Probes Sepsis/complications,microbiology

Chemicals

Nucleic Acid Probes

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Conville P S

Clinical Pathology Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Keiser J F

Witebsky F G

Article Info

Journal

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

Abbr.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

ISSN

0732-8893

DOI

10.1016/0732-8893(89)90018-7

Published

1989-00-00

Pages

217-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

8305899

Subset

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