Isolation of Mycobacterium chelonei with the lysis-centrifugation blood culture technique

Fojtasek, M F; Kelly, Michael T.

doi:10.1128/jcm.16.2.403-405.1982

Cited by 33 publications

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“…Isoniazid prophylaxis should also be considered for recipients of allografts from donors with a history of tuberculosis or a positive tuberculin test (400). (1,26,62,73,124,126,130,139,204,209,223,230,239,285,293,358,359,362,400,405,450,467,469,478,486,506,522,577,587,599,634,659,688,704,715,717,740,745,746,753,779,781).…”

Section: Mycobacterium Tuberculosismentioning

confidence: 99%

Infections in solid-organ transplant recipients

1997

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Solid-organ transplantation is a therapeutic option for many human diseases. Infections are a major complication of solid-organ transplantation. All candidates should undergo a thorough infectious-disease screening prior to transplantation. There are three time frames, influenced by surgical factors, the level of immunosuppression, and environmental exposures, during which infections of specific types most frequently occur posttransplantation. Most infections during the first month are related to surgical complications. Opportunistic infections typically occur from the second to the sixth month. During the late posttransplant period (beyond 6 months), transplantation recipients suffer from the same infections seen in the general community. Opportunistic bacterial infections seen in transplant recipients include those caused by Legionella spp., Nocardia spp., Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes. Cytomegalovirus is the most common cause of viral infections. Herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus and others are also significant pathogens. Fungal infections, caused by both yeasts and mycelial fungi, are associated with the highest mortality rates. Mycobacterial, pneumocystis, and parasitic diseases may also occur.

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Section: Mycobacterium Tuberculosismentioning

confidence: 99%

Infections in solid-organ transplant recipients

1997

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“…The lysis-centrifugation method recovered significantly more fungi than conventional broth, radiometric broth, or biphasic brain heart infusion bottles. The superiority of the lysis-centrifugation method for the recovery of mycobacteria (30,45), especially Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex (31,43,44,58,104), Cryptococcus neoformans (5,6), and Histoplasma capsulatum (5,100), from blood has been useful in diagnosis of these infections in immunocompromised patients. Enhanced isolation of staphylococci and members of the family Enterobacteriaceae was also found in several studies (6,33,34,38,39,46,63).…”

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Quantitative aspects of septicemia.

Yagupsky¹,

Nolte²

1990

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

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“…The Septi-Chek AFB system was developed as a dual-phase system that does not require either the radiometric detection system or the disposal of radioactive waste that is associated with the BACTEC system (5,10). In addition, the Isostat tube has been used for the isolation of rapidly growing mycobacteria from blood (6).…”

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Pseudo-outbreak of septicemia due to rapidly growing mycobacteria associated with extrinsic contamination of culture supplement

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Between April and December 1994, 23 blood cultures from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients grew rapidly growing mycobacteria suspected to be Mycobacterium chelonae at a hospital in New Jersey. The isolates were later identified as M. abscessus. Several bacterial species, including M. abscessus, were cultured from an opened multidose supplement vial (BBL Septi-Chek AFB Supplement) that had been used for mycobacterial blood cultures. The M. abscessus isolates from case patients and the supplement vial had identical multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. Finding a contaminated vial of supplement, together with the lack of a distinct syndrome in case patients, was consistent with a pseudo-outbreak.

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Isolation of Mycobacterium chelonei with the lysis-centrifugation blood culture technique

Cited by 33 publications

References 5 publications

Infections in solid-organ transplant recipients

Infections in solid-organ transplant recipients

Quantitative aspects of septicemia.

Pseudo-outbreak of septicemia due to rapidly growing mycobacteria associated with extrinsic contamination of culture supplement

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