| spectrum of disease due to rapidly growing mycobacteria. | one hundred twenty-five cases of disease due to rapidly growing mycobacteria were observed over a four-year period. cutaneous infections accounted for 74 cases (59%). of these, 40 followed surgical procedures (especially augmentation mammaplasty or median sternotomy), and 34 were due to accidental penetrating trauma. among the 24 patients with pulmonary disease, the mean age was approximately 60 years, the majority of patients (63%) were women, and most had unilateral noncavitary disease. other ... | 1983 | 6353528 |
| nodular lesions in disseminated mycobacterium fortuitum infection. | | 1987 | 3688902 |
| mycobacterium fortuitum infection of a hickman catheter site. | a patient with histiocytic lymphoma who developed a hickman catheter exist site infection due to mycobacterium fortuitum is described. due to the risk of dissemination in immunosuppressed patients and the resistance to antibiotic therapy, rapid-growing mycobacteria should be considered when gram-positive bacilli are associated with infections in patients with these catheters. | 1983 | 6356874 |
| [mycobacterial infection of the hip following total prosthesis. study of 6 cases]. | the authors present 6 cases of mycobacterial infection of the hip after total hip replacement: 5 cases of tuberculosis and 1 case of mycobacterium fortuitum infection. they emphasise the clinical, radiological, bacteriological and histological signs which are generally very characteristic and unequivocal. a review of the literature reveals the rarity of these infections, but stresses the need for a complete bacteriological survey to avoid missing the diagnosis. a routine medicosurgical therapeut ... | 1986 | 3704519 |
| the role of cell-wall associated lipids in the pathogenesis of lesions in experimental murine nocardiosis vs lesions produced by mycobacterium fortuitum. | the pulmonary pathogens, nocardia asteroides and mycobacterium fortuitum classically produce a markedly different tissue response ranging from the acute suppurative lesion of nocardiosis to the granulomatous disease produced by the mycobacterium. both organisms have similar cell-wall associated lipids which have been chemically characterized as types of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. earlier studies of virulence factors from m. tuberculosis and other mycobacteria have shown that much of ... | 1984 | 6388987 |
| mycobacterium fortuitum midpalmar space abscess: a case report. | a case report of a midpalmar abscess from mycobacterium fortuitum is presented. it appeared 4 weeks after a penetrating nail injury to the palm and wrist and resolved with chemotherapeutic and surgical treatment. | 1986 | 3711624 |
| [mycobacterial infection at the transverse process of the 2d lumbar vertebra caused by mycobacterium fortuitum]. | the authors report on a tuberculous infection at an unusual location, caused by trauma in the region of the transverse process of the second lumbar vertebra. the pathogen was identified as mycobacterium fortuitum. this is a conditionally pathogenic, atypical mycobacterium of group iv, the rapidly-growing mycobacteria. it is distinguished by its primary resistance to almost all tuberculostatica. the treatment of choice is therefore the radical surgical removal of the tuberculous focus. since tube ... | 1984 | 6475216 |
| environmental mycobacteria in korea. i. distribution of the organisms. | environmental mycobacteria in korea have been investigated by examining 54 soil, 111 house dust, 63 well water, and 98 sewage samples collected from 123 randomly selected areas in korea during the fourth nationwide tuberculosis prevalence survey in 1980. a variety of mycobacteria were isolated from 76% of soil, 67% of sewage, 43% of well water, and 7% of house dust samples. some samples yielded more than one species; thus 56 strains were obtained from soil, 107 strains from sewage, 48 strains fr ... | 1984 | 6482746 |
| growth of group iv mycobacteria on medium containing various saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. | seventy-one strains of 15 species of rapidly growing mycobacteria were studied for their susceptibilities to fatty acids with 2 to 20 carbons by the agar dilution method at ph 7.0. most mycobacteria other than potential pathogens (mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei) were resistant to saturated fatty acids, except for lauric acid (c12:0) (mic, 6.25 to 25 micrograms/ml) and capric acid (c10:0) (mic, 50 to 100 micrograms#ml). m. fortuitum and m. chelonei were substantially insuscept ... | 1984 | 6486760 |
| in vitro susceptibility of mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei to sulfadiazine, sulfisoxazole and sulfathiazole. | | 1984 | 6489322 |
| susceptibilities of mycobacterium fortuitum biovariant fortuitum and the unnamed third biovariant complex to heavy-metal salts. | fifty-three clinical isolates of mycobacterium fortuitum were tested for susceptibility to heavy-metal salts and antimicrobial agents. the isolates exhibited a bimodal distribution for several heavy metals including mercury, whose resistance is often plasmid mediated. there was a biovariant difference in the incidence of resistance, and resistance to several metal ions was often observed together. there was no apparent relationship between resistance to heavy-metal salts and resistance to antimi ... | 1984 | 6517549 |
| mycolic acid patterns of some species of mycobacterium. | representative strains of some species of mycobacterium were degraded by both acid and alkaline methanolysis. two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography was used to determine the patterns of mycolic acids and other long-chain components in these methanolysates. patterns composed of alpha-, methoxy- and ketomycolates were found in mycobacterium asiaticum, mycobacterium bovis, mycobacterium gastri, mycobacterium gordonae, mycobacterium kansasii, mycobacterium marinum and mycobacterium tuberculosis; ... | 1984 | 6517656 |
| mycobacterium fortuitum subspecies acetamidolyticum, a new subspecies of mycobacterium fortuitum. | mycobacterium fortuitum subspecies acetamidolyticum is a new subspecies of m. fortuitum and has an intermediate growth rate. it is a nonphotochromogenic mycobacterium. it does not utilize glutamate but utilizes acetamide as a simultaneous nitrogen and carbon source. it is able to utilize acetate, malate, pyruvate, fumarate, glucose, fructose, and n-propanol as the sole sources of carbon in the presence of ammoniacal nitrogen, but does not utilize them in the presence of glutamate-nitrogen. it is ... | 1986 | 3713561 |
| giant mycobacterium fortuitum abscess associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. | a 36-year-old woman with a 1 1/2-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus was first seen in october 1984 with a six-month history of several ulcerated and scarred lesions on the lower extremities. a biopsy specimen showed a granulomatous infiltrate of deep dermis and subcutaneous tissue. over the next three weeks, the patient developed a violaceous, warm, indurated, tender, fluctuant lesion involving most of the left buttock. a culture showed a rapidly growing atypical acid-fast bacteria, wh ... | 1986 | 3717982 |
| inner ear damage induced by mycobacterium fortuitum. | we used electron microscopy to investigate mycobacterium fortuitum-induced changes in the inner ears of mice. we found that the inner and outer hair cells had degenerated and disappeared in the organ of corti. changes in the lower turn of the cochlea were more severe than those of the upper turn while the changes of the outer hair cells were more severe than those of the inner hair cells. disappearance, fusion and ballooning of the sensory hairs were observed in the vestibular organs. the bacter ... | 1986 | 3718324 |
| mycobacteria and inflammatory bowel disease. results of culture. | we have been able to isolate mycobacteria from intestinal specimens obtained by surgical resection or endoscopic biopsy from patients with crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and noninflammatory bowel diseases. nineteen slow-growing (runyon groups i and iii) and 17 rapid-growing (runyon group iv) mycobacterial isolates were obtained. slow-growing mycobacteria were recovered from approximately one-third of intestinal biopsy specimens from crohn's disease, one-quarter of ulcerative colitis biopsi ... | 1987 | 3792780 |
| prosthetic joint infections secondary to rapidly growing mycobacterium fortuitum. | infection is an uncommon but catastrophic complication of joint arthroplasty, usually requiring removal of the implant. in a 30-year-old woman a knee arthroplasty was infected with the rapidly growing mycobacterium mycobacterium fortuitum. review of other reports of arthroplasties infected with this organism illustrates the problem, diagnosis, and treatment. m. fortuitum is widely distributed in nature, and although usually of low pathogenicity, it can cause infection in conditions of reduced lo ... | 1987 | 3815945 |
| rifampin: spectrum of antibacterial activity. | rifampin was studied for determination of its spectrum of activity against many bacteria of clinical importance. most of the minimum inhibitory concentrations (mics) were determined by agar dilution but some were determined by broth microdilution. staphylococci were the most susceptible, with mode mics of 0.015 microgram/ml, but most streptococcal strains, except streptococcus faecalis, had mode mics less than or equal to 1 microgram/ml. haemophilus influenzae, neisseria gonorrhoeae, neisseria m ... | 1983 | 6635433 |
| agar disk elution method for susceptibility testing of mycobacterium marinum and mycobacterium fortuitum complex to sulfonamides and antibiotics. | an agar disk elution method using round well plates, supplemented mueller-hinton agar, and commercial drug disks is described for susceptibility testing of mycobacterium marinum and the rapidly growing mycobacteria to antibiotics and sulfonamides. by this method, 14 of 14 strains of m. marinum were susceptible to rifampin, doxycycline, minocycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. identical results were obtained with middlebrook 7h10 agar and drugs prepared from standard powders. with 58 isola ... | 1983 | 6651277 |
| [experimental infections caused by atypical mycobacteria. 6. experimental mycobacterium fortuitum infection and trial chemotherapy]. | | 1983 | 6656072 |
| [structural and metabolic study of the mycolic acids of mycobacterium fortuitum]. | the biosynthesis of mycolic acids was studied in whole cells of mycobacterium fortuitum. at first the structures of the main mycolates produced by the used strain were established as diunsaturated and epoxymycolates. by using [1-14c]acetate as a radiotracer of the lipid synthesis, it was observed that the turnover of the mycolates during the exponential phase of growth of m. fortuitum is fast enough to make very difficult the identification of their precursors. if the growth of the bacterial cel ... | 1987 | 3816811 |
| [lung disease caused by the bacillus mycobacterium fortuitum]. | | 1983 | 6665611 |
| fatal pulmonary infection with mycobacterium fortuitum, report of a case. | | 1973 | 4518293 |
| an improved reagent for mycobacterial nitrate reductase tests. | a new crystalline reagent for nitrate reductase tests was compared with standard liquid reagents on 437 strains of mycobacteria. the results for isolates of mycobacterium avium complex, mycobacterium kansasii, mycobacterium gordonae, mycobacterium scrofulaceum, mycobacterium fortuitum, and mycobacterium chelonei agreed 100% with the expected results. of the 177 mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, 4 were negative by the conventional method. two of these four isolates were positive with the new r ... | 1983 | 6685134 |
| synthesis and biological activities of the tri-l-alanine derivative of isonicotinic acid hydrazide. | n-(tert-butyloxycarbonyl) tri-l-alanine was coupled to the hydrazide function of isonicotinic acid hydrazide followed by cleavage of the amino protective group. the resulting dihydrochloride of the tri-l-alanine derivative of isonicotinic acid hydrazide was characterized by 13c-nmr. the minimal inhibitory concentration of isonicotinic acid hydrazide was not improved by the peptide derivative, and competition experiments with tri-l-alanine demonstrated that tri-l-alanyl-isonicotinic acid hydrazid ... | 1983 | 6686766 |
| emergence of multidrug-resistant mycobacterium fortuitum during treatment. | we present a case of pulmonary infection with mycobacterium fortuitum demonstrating the development of multidrug resistance during therapy with multiple drugs. emergence of drug resistance in a previously sensitive m fortuitum has been described with single drug therapy, but never before with multiple drug treatment. development of resistance in the setting of multiple drug therapy illustrates the importance of repeated susceptibility testing during therapy. | 1984 | 6697803 |
| [primary cutaneous-lymph node complex caused by mycobacterium fortuitum]. | | 1974 | 4547071 |
| clinical significance of mycobacterium fortuitum infections in pulmonary disease. | | 1973 | 4746583 |
| mycolic acid patterns of representative strains of mycobacterium fortuitum, 'myobacterium peregrinum' and mycobacterium smegmatis. | representative strains of mycobacterium fortuitum, 'mycobacterium peregrinum' and mycobacterium smegmatis were degraded by acid methanolysis and patterns of long-chain compounds were determined by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. the same general pattern of mycolic acid methyl esters was found in all 39 strains examined, the major components being so-called alpha-mycolates and characteristic pairs of polar mycolates. analysis of alkaline methanolysates of selected strains confirmed tha ... | 1984 | 6726178 |
| fatal pulmonary infection with mycobacterium fortuitum in cystic fibrosis. | we describe fatal pulmonary infection with mycobacterium fortuitum in a young adult with cystic fibrosis. the organism was resistant in vitro to all antimycobacterial drugs tested and there was no response to treatment. | 1984 | 6743529 |
| use of the api zym system in the identification of mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei. | | 1982 | 6758254 |
| [epidemiology and clinical aspects of mycobacterium infections. mycobacterium fortuitum, kansasii and aquae iic]. | | 1969 | 5359261 |
| typing mycobacterium tuberculosis with mycobacteriophage bo4. | mycobacteriophage bo4 grown on the indicator host strain mycobacterium fortuitum sn203 was restricted and modified by mycobacterium tuberculosis h37rv. phage bo4.rv was restricted and modified by the alternate host sn 203. m. tuberculosis strain myc 1025 was described as a r-m-isolate. by using the mycobacterial prototype strains for phage typing wild m. tuberculosis isolates, it was demonstrated that only the modified phage bo4.h37rv was a potential typing phage. | 1980 | 6777457 |
| differential identification of mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei. | mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei are distinguished unambiguously by the combined use of five test characters: nitrate reductase, beta-glucosidase, acid production from fructose, penicillinase, and trehalase. typically, m. fortuitum was nitrate reductase positive, beta-glucosidase positive; m. chelonei was nitrate reductase negative, beta-glucosidase negative, penicillinase positive, and trehalase positive and did not produce acid from fructose. | 1981 | 6780604 |
| arthritis of the subtalar joint due to mycobacterium fortuitum. | | 1981 | 6790018 |
| test for susceptibility to mitomycin c as aids for differentiating the genus rhodococcus from the genus nocardia, and for differentiating mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei from other rapidly growing mycobacteria. | | 1981 | 6799752 |
| use of buffered hypochlorite solution for disinfecting fibrescopes. | the possible use of sodium hypochlorite solution buffered to ph 7.6 and containing 100 ppm available chlorine (avcl) for disinfecting fibrescopes was investigated. a flexible fibrescope experimentally contaminated with pseudomonas putida, mycobacterium fortuitum, or bacillus subtilis spores was effectively disinfected within 10 m in repeatedly and without any observable adverse effect on the instrument. the corrosive nature of buffered hypochlorite was investigated by immersing various fibrescop ... | 1982 | 6802880 |
| comparison of the pathogenicity for mice of mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium abscessus. | the pathogenicity for mice of 12 strains of mycobacterium abscessus was compared with that for 8 strains of m. fortuitum. both species caused lesions in kidneys and produced "spinning disease" resulting from inner ear infections. no major differences in pathogenicity of these two species were demonstrated. strain to strain variation was marked, especially with m. abscessus. for example, 1.6 x 10(6) organisms of strain 11188 of m. abscessus produced death in four of five animals within 42 days, w ... | 1969 | 5370281 |
| infection due to organisms of the mycobacterium fortuitum complex after augmentation mammaplasty: clinical and epidemiologic features. | periprosthetic infections due to mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei occurred in 17 women over a 3.5-year period after implantation of prostheses for breast augmentation. the median incubation period for 16 of the women was 28 days (range, one week to over two years) after surgery; etiologic diagnosis was usually delayed for weeks to months. odorless and serosanguineous or purulent material was found when the implants were removed, and acid-fast bacilli were often present when sme ... | 1983 | 6833792 |
| nontuberculous mycobacterial peritonitis associated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. | we report two patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (capd) in whom peritonitis developed and nontuberculous mycobacteria were isolated from peritoneal fluid. in one, mycobacterium avium-intracellularis was the only organism isolated. despite a three-month course of antibiotics to which the organism showed in vitro sensitivity, there was no apparent response. the patient died, and an autopsy showed disseminated mycobacterial disease. in the second case, mycobacterium fortu ... | 1983 | 6846333 |
| in vitro susceptibility of mycobacterium fortuitum to non-antituberculous antibacterial agents. | a study was made of the in vitro susceptibility of 37 strains of mycobacterium fortuitum to 14 antimicrobial agents using disc diffusion techniques on mueller-hinton agar plates. nitro-5-hydroxy-8-quinoleine and pipemidic acid inhibited all strains, while furantoin, mandelamine, metronidazole, nalidixic acid, oxolinic acid and trimethoprim proved to be inactive. in addition, various sulphonamides inhibited 59% of the strains tested. sulphadiazine inhibited 54.1%, sulphafurazole 64.9%, sulphameth ... | 1983 | 6847037 |
| [pulmonary infection by mycobacterium fortuitum]. | | 1969 | 5383008 |
| black beauty out of mycobacterium fortuitum cruz. | a black-pigmented strain developed spontaneously from a typical strain of mycobacterium fortuitum. | 1970 | 5422313 |
| mycobacterium fortuitum granulomatous synovitis caused by a dog bite. | mycobacterium fortuitum was isolated from the synovial tissues of the dorsum of the hand after a dog bite. caseating granulomas with langhans' type giant cells were demonstrated microscopically. healing followed prolonged treatment with antituberculosis drugs. it is suggested that the organism was forced into the patient's tissues by the dog's bite. | 1983 | 6875244 |
| reinvestigation of a number of strains identified as mycobacterium fortuitum. | | 1970 | 5514569 |
| intractable mycobacterium fortuitum corneal ulcer in man. | | 1971 | 5547533 |
| a study of mycobacterium fortuitum (ranae). | | 1974 | 4211767 |
| conversion of salicylate to catechol by mycobacterium fortuitum. | | 1965 | 5883133 |
| [differentiation of mycobacterium fortuitum from other mycobacteria]. | | 1965 | 5890541 |
| mycobacterium fortuitum abscess at injection site. | | 1967 | 6072643 |
| comparative studies of antigen 21 in mycobacterium and nocardia species: possible taxonomic relationships with mycobacterium leprae. | studies of mycobacterium leprae, mycobacterium tuberculosis and nocardia caviae in comparison with each other and with other mycobacterium and nocardia species were performed on the basis of antigen 21 intramolecular heterogeneity. three different antisera were used: rabbit anti-mycobacterium smegmatis antiserum, rabbit anti-nocardia asteroides antiserum, and a lepromatous serum pool. with reference to each of the three antiserum sources used the strains were ranked in an order of relatedness or ... | 1980 | 7002798 |
| infection of bone by mycobacterium fortuitum masquerading as nocardia asteroides. | a case of traumatic osteomyelitis of the leg yielded on culture a branching partially acid-fast organism that failed to respond to therapy directed at nocardia asteroides. subsequent laboratory investigation revealed the organism to be mycobacterium fortuitum. n. asteroides and m. fortuitum can demonstrate similar staining and morphologic patterns microscopically, as well as common colonial and cultural characteristics. separation can be aided by careful examination of the branching pattern, and ... | 1981 | 7023228 |
| mycobacterium fortuitum infection: evidence of bactericidal defect due to hyperactive antigen-specific suppressor cells. correction in vitro and in vivo by cholinergic agonist and indomethacin. | immunologic studies in a patient with long-standing mycobacterium fortuitum infection revealed normal numbers of t cells, t inducers, t suppressors, b cells, and monocytes, significant in vitro proliferative response to m. fortuitum antigen, and poor bactericidal activity against m. fortuitum but not against escherhicia coli. m. fortuitum antigen-activated suppressor cells contributed to the bactericidal defect. the activity of these suppressor cells could be eliminated by the in vitro treatment ... | 1982 | 6182796 |
| identification of clinically significant mycobacterium fortuitum complex isolates. | recent outbreaks of nosocomial infections caused by organisms identified as the mycobacterium fortuitum complex suggest that species and subspecies identification is epidemiologically important. in a study of 170 strains, m. fortuitum was differentiated from m. chelonei by nitrate reduction and iron uptake. m. fortuitum was further divided into biovariant fortuitum, biovar peregrinum, and an unnamed third biovar by inositol and mannitol utilization. m. chelonei was further divided into subsp. ch ... | 1981 | 7037841 |
| [disseminated lymphogranulomatosis caused by mycobacterium fortuitum in childhood. description of a case and immunological study]. | | 1983 | 6197620 |
| optimization and kinetics of in vitro stimulation of carp (cyprinus carpio l.) leukocytes. | the optimization of a leukocyte stimulation microassay with carp (cyprinus carpio l.) leukocytes is described. leukocytes were isolated from the thymus, anterior kidney, spleen, mid-kidney and peripheral blood. leukocyte cultures were stimulated with pha-p, lps (escherichia coli 055: b5) pwm, cona and ppd from mycobacterium fortuitum. the optimum incubation temperature for leukocyte cultures differed 3.5 days for leukocyte cultures derived from lymphoid organs and 4.5 days for peripheral blood l ... | 1982 | 7051523 |
| mycobacterial infections in marrow transplant patients. | bone marrow transplant recipients undergo ablation of host immune defenses with total-body irradiation or high dose chemotherapy, or both. over a 5.6-year period, mycobacterial infections were observed in 7 of 682 patients with leukemia who received marrow grafts. four patients had pulmonary and three extrapulmonary infection. granulomas were observed in the lungs of three patients, in the liver of one patient, and in the skin of one patient. cultures revealed mycobacterium tuberculosis in two p ... | 1983 | 6356515 |
| meningitis caused by mycobacterium fortuitum. | a previously healthy 16-yr-old caucasian male developed a relapsing purulent meningitis shortly after a motor accident in venezuela, in which he received a small wound with a retained foreign body in the sacral region. repeated initial physical examinations, radiographs of lumbar and sacral regions, and contrast myelography failed to demonstrate a cerebrospinal fluid leak or bone involvement, and mycobacterium fortuitum was repeatedly isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid. finally, from the orig ... | 1984 | 6377996 |
| cefoxitin therapy for mycobacterium fortuitum bacteremia with associated granulomatous hepatitis. | mycobacterium fortuitum bacteremia with granulomatous hepatitis complicating home cyclic parenteral nutrition through an indwelling broviac catheter occurred in a 41-year-old woman. she was successfully treated with intravenous cefoxitin and removal of the indwelling central catheter. the granulomatous hepatitis occurred in the apparent absence of mycobacteria from the liver. incorrect identification of the organism as corynebacterium j-k led to a change of antimicrobial therapy and clinical det ... | 1984 | 6422563 |
| activities of cefoxitin and cefotetan against mycobacterium fortuitum infections in mice. | mice inoculated intravenously with mycobacterium fortuitum 18367 were treated subcutaneously with cefoxitin or cefotetan once daily for 4 weeks, beginning 24 h after challenge. both drugs suppressed spinning disease, and both reduced the severity of renal lesions and the number of organisms in the kidneys and liver but not in the lungs or spleen. these therapeutic effects were dose-dependent. | 1984 | 6592999 |
| in vitro activity of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole against the nontuberculous mycobacteria. | trimethoprim (tmp) and sulfamethoxazole (smz) were studied alone and in combination (tmp-smz) against 141 nontuberculous mycobacteria; an agar dilution method was used. all strains of mycobacterium kansasii (8), mycobacterium marinum (16), and mycobacterium scrofulaceum (3); 97% (63 of 65) of strains of mycobacterium fortuitum; and 27% (3 of 11) of strains of mycobacterium avium-intracellulare were inhibited by less than or equal to 32 micrograms of smz/ml. in contrast, all 38 isolates of mycoba ... | 1982 | 7111959 |
| sternal wound infections and endocarditis due to organisms of the mycobacterium fortuitum complex. | | 1983 | 6602574 |
| in vitro susceptibility of mycobacterium fortuitum to amoxicillin or cephalothin in combination with clavulanic acid. | the comparative in vitro activity of cefoxitin, cephalothin, amoxicillin, and clavulanic acid in combination with the latter two agents against 13 isolates of mycobacterium fortuitum was evaluated by agar dilution susceptibility testing. amoxicillin was more active than cephalothin but less active than cefoxitin against the strains tested. clavulanic acid in combination with these beta-lactams usually improved the activity by one or two dilutions compared with the beta-lactams alone. | 1983 | 6604496 |
| [drug sensitivity of mycobacterium fortuitum strains isolated from water samples]. | | 1982 | 7182816 |
| [lung disease due to mycobacterium fortuitum report of 3 cases]. | | 1983 | 6620787 |
| bacteremia caused by a previously unidentified species of rapidly growing mycobacterium successfully treated with vancomycin. | bacteremia caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria are usually due to mycobacterium fortuitum or m. chelonei. other rapidly growing mycobacteria generally are considered to be nonpathogenic. we report the case of a patient with bacteremia due to an unidentified, rapidly growing, scotochromogenic mycobacteria that was detected by a radiometric blood culture system. results of in-vitro susceptibility testing indicated that the organism was susceptible to vancomycin and other antimicrobial agents, a ... | 1983 | 6625380 |
| simple, new test for rapid differentiation of the mycobacterium fortuitum complex. | a simple, new test to differentiate species in the mycobacterium fortuitum complex by determining susceptibility to pipemidic acid is described. a 20-mug pipemidic acid disk provides a rapid and reliable means of distinguishing m. fortuitum from m. chelonei. | 1981 | 7240405 |
| a gas-liquid and thin-layer chromatographic study of mycobacterium fortuitum. | forty-two strains of mycobacterium fortuitum were examined for fatty acid composition by gas-liquid chromatography and for mycolic acid pattern by two dimensional thin-layer chromatography of whole cell acid methanolysates. the strains studied contained saturated and mono-unsaturated fatty acids from 12 to 24 carbon atoms and tuberculostearic acid, and they showed a thin-layer chromatographic pattern of mycolic acids similar to the pattern previously reported for this species and characterised b ... | 1983 | 6659075 |
| [case of pulmonary mycobacterium fortuitum infection]. | | 1981 | 7242000 |
| in vitro susceptibility of mycobacterium fortuitum to cefoxitin. | the in vitro susceptibility of mycobacterium fortuitum to cefoxitin was studied by agar dilution, broth dilution, and disk diffusion methods. of 13 isolates, 11 were found to be susceptible by disk diffusion. at a concentration of 25 microgram/ml or lower, all 13 isolates were inhibited when tested by broth dilution, but only 12 of 13 isolates were inhibited when tested by agar dilution. | 1981 | 7247358 |
| pulmonary mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a dog. | | 1984 | 6698846 |
| [comparison of macconkey's agar medium and hydroxylamine medium for differentiation of mycobacterium fortuitum complex from other rapidly growing mycobacteria (author's transl)]. | | 1981 | 7311266 |
| [clinical features of the respiratory disease due to mycobacterium fortuitum (author's transl)]. | | 1981 | 7328995 |
| clinical usefulness of amikacin and doxycycline in the treatment of infection due to mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei. | the antimicrobial agents amikacin and doxycycline, which are not conventionally considered for use in treatment of mycobacterial infections, inhibit growth of mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei in vitro. ten patients were treated with these drugs alone or in combination with some surgical procedure. seven of the 10 patients were definitely cured by the therapy. only one definite treatment failure occurred. patients with infections due to m. fortuitum or m. chelonei that are susce ... | 1981 | 7339806 |
| pulmonary infection caused by atypical mycobacteria: a report of 24 cases in thailand. | from 1969 to 1978, 24 patients were suspected of having pulmonary disease caused by atypical mycobacteria. seven were infected with mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, six with mycobacterium avium, six with mycobacterium scrofulaceum, two with mycobacterium fortuitum, and one with mycobacterium gordonae. one patient had a strain of scotochromogens antigenically related to mycobacterium simiae. mycobacterium kansasii was found in only one patient. retrospective analysis revealed that 20 of the pa ... | 1981 | 7339809 |
| sulfonamide activity against mycobacterium fortuitum and mycobacterium chelonei. | forty-eight clinical strains of mycobacterium fortuitum and 15 clinical strains of mycobacterium chelonei were evaluated for susceptibility to sulfonamides, including trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (tmp-smz). sensitivity tests were carried out with use of agar dilutions in mueller-hinton agar and a plate inoculum of 10(2) cfu. thirty-six percent of the isolates of m. fortuitum were inhibited by 8 micrograms of sulfonamide/ml, and 98% were inhibited by 32 micrograms/ml. none of the isolates of m. ... | 1981 | 7339821 |
| epidemiologic studies of lung disease due to mycobacteria other than mycobacterium tuberculosis in japan. | the incidence of lung disease due to mycobacteria other than mycobacterium tuberculosis (atypical mycobacteria) in japan was estimated to be 0.9--1.9 per 10(5) population per year in 1971--1979. although the incidence of lung tuberculosis is steadily decreasing, the incidence of lung disease due to atypical mycobacteria has remained at almost the same level. the number of patients newly infected per year in recent years was calculated to be approximately 2,000. the ratio of the number of patient ... | 1981 | 7339832 |
| high-catalase strains of mycobacterium kansasii isolated from water in texas. | isolation techniques with membrane-filtered potable water samples resulted in the isolation of potentially pathogenic high-catalase strains of mycobacterium kansasii from 8 of 19 representative outlets in a small central texas town. mycobacterium gordonae was isolated from all samples, and mycobacterium fortuitum was isolated from two samples. data on chlorine levels are presented along with a possible explanation for the unusually high numbers of mycobacteria in these potable water samples. fin ... | 1980 | 7381016 |
| characterization of the gene encoding the immunodominant 35 kda protein of mycobacterium leprae. | analysis of the interaction between the host immune system and the intracellular parasite mycobacterium leprae has identified a 35 kda protein as a dominant antigen. the native 35 kda protein was purified from the membrane fraction of m. leprae and termed mmpi (major membrane protein i). as the purified protein was not amenable to n-terminal sequencing, partial proteolysis was used to establish the sequences of 21 peptides. a fragment of the 35 kda protein-encoding gene was amplified by the poly ... | 1995 | 7476185 |
| susceptibilities of nontuberculosis mycobacterial species to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid alone and in combination with antimycobacterial agents. | neither amoxicillin nor clavulanic acid used alone was active at the highest level tested, i.e., 256.0 micrograms/ml, in vitro against 24 isolates of mycobacterium fortuitum, mycobacterium kansasii, and mycobacterium marinum. however, the mic of an amoxicillin-clavulanic acid combination of 2:1 was < or = 8.0/4.0 micrograms/ml for 50 percent of the isolates tested, with all isolates being inhibited in the range of 4.0/2.0 to 32.0/16.0 micrograms/ml, respectively. titration of amoxicillin-clavula ... | 1995 | 7492084 |
| mechanism of action of antimycobacterial activity of the new benzoxazinorifamycin krm-1648. | the mechanism of antimicrobial activity of krm-1648 (krm), a new rifamycin derivative with potent antimycobacterial activity, was studied. both krm and rifampin (rmp) inhibited rna polymerases from escherichia coli and mycobacterium avium at low concentrations: the 50% inhibitory concentrations (ic50s) of krm and rmp for e. coli rna polymerase were 0.13 and 0.10 micrograms/ml, respectively, while the ic50s for m. avium rna polymerase were 0.20 and 0.07 microgram/ml. both krm and rmp exerted weak ... | 1995 | 7492091 |
| presence of aminoglycoside acetyltransferase and plasmids in mycobacterium fortuitum. lack of correlation with intrinsic aminoglycoside resistance. | isolates of the 3 biovariants of mycobacterium fortuitum exhibited 3 patterns of resistance when tested against 9 aminoglycosides. examination of cell lysates from the 3 groups revealed 15/15 isolates to contain an aminoglycoside acetyltransferase (aac) resembling aac (3)-iii or (3)-iv found in bacterial species. the enzyme did not appear to confer resistance, as its activity did not correlate with any pattern of resistance. the dna extraction revealed plasmids in only 2 of 8 isolates tested, su ... | 1984 | 6712002 |
| recombinant bcg expressing the leishmania surface antigen gp63 induces protective immunity against leishmania major infection in balb/c mice. | we have cloned and expressed the gp63 gene of leishmania major in bcg to develop a recombinant vaccine against zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. two different expression systems were investigated. the first system consists of pan, a mycobacterium paratuberculosis promoter, which drives expression of orf2, an open reading frame in is900. this system allows the production of heterologous polypeptides as hybrids with the orf2 gene product. the second expression system relies on the production of an ... | 1995 | 7551026 |
| periprosthetic mycobacterial infection. ct and mammographic findings. | organisms of the mycobacterium fortuitum complex are an uncommon but important cause of periprosthetic infection following augmentation mammoplasty or other breast surgery. this etiological agent must be considered in the particular case of periprosthetic infection, because special handling of the fluid is crucial to enhance recovery of the organism. we describe the computed tomography (ct) and mammographic findings in such an abscess with respect to the clinical context and subsequent managemen ... | 1995 | 7553436 |
| clinical significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates in a canadian tertiary care center. | to determine the epidemiology and clinical features of disease due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) in our institution, we reviewed the medical records of all patients from whom ntm isolates were recovered from 1988 to 1990 to extract selected clinical and laboratory data. on the basis of the likelihood of infection, patients were classified as having definite, probable, or unlikely ntm disease as defined by published guidelines. of 80 patients who met the inclusion criteria, 17 had definite ... | 1995 | 7578721 |
| comparative in-vitro activities of the new quinolone, bay y 3118, and ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, tosufloxacin, ci-960 and ci-990. | the in-vitro activity of the new quinolone, bay y 3118, was compared with that of ciprofloxacin, tosufloxacin, sparfloxacin, ci-960 and ci-990 against 1640 isolates belonging to 117 bacterial species. against members of the enterobacteriaceae, bay y 3118 was as active as ci-960 and ci-990, up to four-fold more active than ciprofloxacin and tosufloxacin and up to 16-fold more active than sparfloxacin. the majority of enterobacteriaceae which were resistant to ciprofloxacin (mics > or = 2 mg/l) we ... | 1993 | 7605398 |
| phaeohyphomycosis and mycobacterium fortuitum abscesses in a patient receiving corticosteroids for sarcoidosis. | | 1995 | 7622664 |
| [pulmonary infection with mycoplasma pneumoniae and coincidently isolation of mycobacterium fortuitum from sputum (author's transl)]. | | 1980 | 6776513 |
| atypical mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis associated with sweet's syndrome. | we report the case of a 52-year-old woman with a non-tuberculous (atypical) mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, caused by mycobacterium fortuitum, in association with sweet's syndrome. the cervical lymphadenitis was resistant to medical treatment, and the sweet's syndrome occurred intermittently. systemic steroid treatment was required to control the cutaneous symptoms. | 1995 | 7653187 |
| preliminary study of the in vitro activity of irloxacin against mycobacteria. | today mycobacterium avium and mycobacterium tuberculosis multidrug resistance are responsible for frequent and severe infections in humans and especially in aids patients. irloxacin is a new quinolone derivative, and shows greater activity with an acid ph. it has a good in vitro antimicrobial spectrum against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. we have compared the in vitro activity of irloxacin against mycobacteria (20 m. tuberculosis, 17 m. avium, 5 mycobacterium bovis, 5 mycobacter ... | 1995 | 7656667 |
| classification of mycobacterium farcinogenes and mycobacterium senegalense by immunodiffusion and thin-layer chromatography of long-chain components. | comparative immunodiffusion studies and thin-layer chromatographic analyses of whole-organism acid methanolysates were performed on 37 strains of mycobacterium farcinogenes, mycobacterium senegalense and nocardia farcinica. the latter were clearly distinguished from the mycobacteria in containing a single mycolic acid methyl ester and showing more precipitinogens with nocardial than with mycobacterial and rhodococcal reference systems. the distribution of precipitinogens showed that m. farcinoge ... | 1982 | 6811691 |
| [postoperative infection due to mycobacterium fortuitum]. | | 1983 | 6855336 |
| [clinical case of mycobacterium minetti endocarditis]. | | 1983 | 6855715 |
| pcr amplification and restriction endonuclease analysis of a 65-kilodalton heat shock protein gene sequence for taxonomic separation of rapidly growing mycobacteria. | a total of 129 reference and clinical strains of rapidly growing mycobacteria (rgm) belonging to 10 taxonomic groups were studied for restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns from a pcr-amplified 439-bp segment of the 65-kda heat shock protein (hsp) gene. of 24 endonucleases evaluated, restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns produced by haeiii and bsteii and then by acii and cfoi gave the best separation. sixty percent of all rgm taxa studied were differentiated by haeiii dige ... | 1995 | 7699032 |
| [detection and identification of mycobacteria by pcr-rflp method]. | the frequency of isolation of mycobacterium tuberculosis has reported to be decreased, however, mycobacterium species including mott (mycobacteria other than m. tuberculosis complex) still remain to be the important bacteria causing opportunistic infection. two clinical procedures have long been adopted to date for the detection of acid fast bacteria belonging to the family mycobacteriaceae. one is the direct microscopic examination of the specimen stained by ziehl-neelsen method, which is rapid ... | 1995 | 7699930 |
| mammaplasty-associated mycobacterial infection: a survey of plastic surgeons. | in a 3 1/2-year period, periprosthetic infections due to mycobacterium fortuitum complex organisms complicated augmentation mammaplasty in at least 17 women. to determine the magnitude of the problem and to identify possible risk factors for infection, we conducted a questionnaire survey of 2062 members of the american society of plastic and reconstructive surgeons who had performed approximately 64,00 augmentation mammaplasties in 1978. information about selected aspects of the procedures and p ... | 1983 | 6878490 |
| cutaneous infection with mycobacterium abscessus. | cutaneous infection with rapidly growing mycobacteria is uncommon and diagnosis may be difficult. however, the histopathological features are distinctive and may aid diagnosis. the three pathogenic species, mycobacterium fortuitum, m. chelonae and m. abscessus, show major differences in their antimicrobial sensitivities, and species identification is therefore important. we describe a case of infection with m. abscessus, and discuss the clinical and pathological features of such infections, and ... | 1995 | 7772489 |
| [evaluation of mycobacterium fortuitum acyltrehaloses in the serologic diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis]. | several glycolipids of mycobacterium tuberculosis are antigenic and their use in the serodiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis has been postulated. acyltrehaloses (sl-iv) are among the strongest antigenic glycolipids of m. tuberculosis; similar compounds have been found in m. fortuitum. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the usefulness of the acyltrehaloses of m. fortuitum in the serodiagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. | 1995 | 7779895 |
| [mycobacterium fortuitum bacteremia in a patient in hemodialysis]. | | 1983 | 6888074 |
| antigenic properties and immunoelectron microscopic localization of mycobacterium fortuitum beta-lactamase. | mycobacterium fortuitum is a fast-growing mycobacterium species which produces a beta-lactamase involved in the intrinsic resistance of the microorganism to beta-lactam antibiotics. an anti-beta-lactamase serum against the purified enzyme was raised in rabbits. antibody binding was specific for native beta-lactamase, and enzyme activity was partially inhibited by the serum; furthermore, cross-reactions with denatured class a beta-lactamases were observed. this serum was used as a probe in immuno ... | 1995 | 7793883 |