Chronic Pulmonary Disease Due to Mycobacterium monacense Infection: The First Case from Iran.
- Author:
Hasan SHOJAEI
1
;
Abodolrazagh HASHEMI
;
Parvin HEIDARIEH
;
Nafiseh HOSSEINI
;
Abass DAEI NASER
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords: Mycobacterium; hsp65; 16S rDNA; rpoB gene; Ribosomal spacer
- MeSH: Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Chaperonin 60/genetics; Chronic Disease; Female; Humans; Iran; Lung Diseases/diagnosis/*microbiology; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium/classification/*genetics/isolation & purification; Mycobacterium Infections/*microbiology/pathology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics; Sputum/microbiology
- From:Annals of Laboratory Medicine 2012;32(1):87-90
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We herein report a case in which the recently characterized species Mycobacterium monacense was isolated from the sputum of an Iranian patient. This case represents the first isolation of M. monacense from Iran. The isolate was identified by conventional and molecular techniques. Our findings show that M. monacense infection is not restricted to developed countries.
