Here we report two cases of infection caused by Mycobacterium arupense in HIV-infected patients who had received Mycobacterium avium complex medication after primary treatment with antituberculous drugs. The causative agents were isolated from the respiratory and blood specimens of the patients. The identification was based on conventional and molecular tests. Our study provides further evidence on the role of this microorganism in clinical cases.
BowerMPowlesTNelsonMHIV-related lung cancer in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS2003;17:371–5
2.
EdwardsURogallTBlöckerHEmdeMBöttgerEC. Isolation and direct complete nucleotide determination of entire genes. Characterization of a gene coding for 16S ribosomal RNA. Nucleic Acids Res1989;17:7843–53
3.
McNabbAEislerDAdieKAssessment of partial sequencing of the 65-kilodalton heat shock protein gene (hsp65) for routine identification of Mycobacterium species isolated from clinical sources. J Clin Microbiol2004;42:3000–11
4.
AdékambiTColsonPDrancourtM. rpoB-based identification of nonpigmented and late-pigmenting rapidly growing mycobacteria. J Clin Microbiol2003;41:5699–708
5.
JeonYSChungHParkSHurILeeJHChunJ. jPHYDIT: a JAVA-based integrated environment for molecular phylogeny of ribosomal RNA sequences. Bioinformatics2005;21:3171–3
6.
SaitouNNeiM. The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees. Mol Biol Evol1987;4:406–25
7.
ShojaeiHHeidariehPHashemiAFeizabadiMMDaei NaserA. Species identification of neglected nontuberculous mycobacteria in a developing country. Jpn J Infect Dis2011;64:265–71
8.
GriffithDEAksamitTBrown-ElliottBAAn official ATS/IDSA statement: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases. Am J Respir Crit Care Med2007;175:367–416
9.
CloudJLMeyerJJPounderJIMycobacterium arupense sp. nov., a non-chromogenic bacterium isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol2006;56:1413–8
10.
MasakiTOhkusuKHataHMycobacterium kumamotonense Sp. Nov. recovered from clinical specimen and the first isolation report of Mycobacterium arupense in Japan: novel slowly growing; nonchromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium terrae complex. Microbiol Immunol2006;50:889–97
11.
TsaiTFLaiCCTsaiICChangCHHsiaoCHHsuehPR. Tenosynovitis caused by Mycobacterium arupense in a patient with diabetes mellitus. Clin Infect Dis2008;47:861–3
12.
SendaHMuroHTeradaS. Flexor tenosynovitis caused by Mycobacterium arupense. J Hand Surg Eur Vol2011;36:72–3
13.
NeonakisIKGittiZKontosFMycobacterium arupense pulmonary infection: antibiotic resistance and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Indian J Med Microbiol2010;28:173–6
14.
LegoutLEttaharNMassongoMOsteomyelitis of the wrist caused by Mycobacterium arupense in an immunocompetent patient: a unique case. Int J Infect Dis2012. [Epub ahead of print]
