Chronic Pulmonary Disease Caused by Tsukamurella toyonakaense.

ABSTRACT: Unidentified Mycobacterium species are sometimes detected in respiratory specimens. We identified a novel Tsukamurella species (Tsukamurella sp. TY48, RIMD 2001001, CIP 111916^T), Tsukamurella toyonakaense, from a patient given a misdiagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease caused by unidentified mycobacteria. Genomic identification of this Tsukamurella species helped clarify its clinical characteristics and epidemiology.

SUBMITTER: Kuge T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9239891 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature