Clinical Relevance and Environmental Prevalence of Mycobacterium fortuitum Group Members. Comment on Mugetti et al. Gene Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis: Powerful Tools for an Improved Diagnosis of Fish Mycobacteriosis Caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum Group Members. Microorganisms 2021, 9 , 797
| Title: | Clinical Relevance and Environmental Prevalence of Mycobacterium fortuitum Group Members. Comment on Mugetti et al. Gene Sequencing and Phylogenetic Analysis: Powerful Tools for an Improved Diagnosis of Fish Mycobacteriosis Caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum Group Members. Microorganisms 2021, 9 , 797 |
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| Authors: | Ivo Pavlik; Vit Ulmann; Ross Tim Weston |
| Source: | Microorganisms, Vol 9, Iss 2345, p 2345 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI AG |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: | non-tuberculous mycobacteria; saprophytic environmental mycobacteria; potentially pathogenic mycobacteria; fish directed for consumption; environmental prevalence; Biology (General); QH301-705.5 |
| Description: | Mycobacterium fortuitum group (MFG) members are able to cause clinical mycobacteriosis in fish and other animals including humans. M. alvei , M. arceuilense , M. brisbanense , M. conceptionense , M. fortuitum , M. peregrinum , M. porcinum , M. senegalense, M. septicum , and M. setense were isolated from fish with mycobacteriosis. In other animals only three MFG species have been isolated: M. arceuilense from camels’ milk, M. farcinogenes from cutaneous infections often described as “farcy”, and M. fortuitum from different domestic and wild mammals’ species. Out of 17, only 3 MFG species ( M. arceuilense , M. lutetiense and M. montmartrense ) have never been reported in humans. A total of eight MFG members ( M. alvei , M. brisbanense , M. conceptionense , M. fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum , M. houstonense , M. peregrinum , M. porcinum , and M. septicum ) have been isolated from both pulmonary and extrathoracic locations. In extrathoracic tissues five MFG species ( M. boenickei , M. farcinogenes , M. neworleansense , M. senegalense , and M. setense ) have been diagnosed and only one MFG member ( M. fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum ) has been isolated from pulmonary infection. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/11/2345; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2607; https://doaj.org/article/408c0672840f42fa9a4b9d34411535b1 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/microorganisms9112345 |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9112345; https://doaj.org/article/408c0672840f42fa9a4b9d34411535b1 |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.8B909AFD |
| Database: | BASE |