Obligate aerobic, gram-positive, weak acid-fast, nonmotile bacilli, Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens: Minireview of a rare opportunistic pathogen.

ABSTRACT: Tsukamurella species are obligate aerobic, gram-positive, weak acid-fast, nonmotile bacilli. They are found in various environments, such as soil, water, sludge, and petroleum reservoir wastewater, and belong to the order Actinomycetales. In 2016, there was a reclassification of species within the genus Tsukamurella, merging the species Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens (T. tyrosinosolvens) and Tsukamurella carboxydivorans. Tsukamurella species are clinically considered to be a rare opportunistic pathogen, because most reported cases have been related to bacteremia and intravascular prosthetic devices and immunosuppression. To date, it has been isolated only from human specimens, and has always been associated with clinical disease; human infecti

SUBMITTER: Usuda D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9453373 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature