ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2002
Identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria existing in tap water by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism.
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- A Geospatial Epidemiologic Analysis of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection: An Ecological Study in Colorado.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2017Article
- Factors associated with the isolation of Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from a large municipal water system in Brisbane, Australia.BMC microbiology · 2013Article
- Plumbing of hospital premises is a reservoir for opportunistically pathogenic microorganisms: a review.Biofouling · 2013Review
- Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Species Isolated from Water Samples Using Phenotypic and Molecular Methods and Determination of their Antibiotic Resistance Patterns by E- Test Method, in Isfahan, Iran.Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2012Article
- Molecular Characterization of Environmental Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Using PCR- RFLP Analysis of 441 Bp Heat Shock Protein 65 Fragments.Iranian journal of public health · 2012Article
- Isolation and phenotypic identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria existing in Isfahan different water samples.Advanced biomedical research · 2012Article
- Five-year outbreak of community- and hospital-acquired Mycobacterium porcinum infections related to public water supplies.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2011Article
- Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of Mycobacterium haemophilum infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2011Review
- Comparison of culture methods for isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria from surface waters.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2010Article
- Targeting the rpoB gene using nested PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism for identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria in hospital tap water.Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) · 2008Article
- Comparison of methods for processing drinking water samples for the isolation of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2008Article
- Species of environmental mycobacteria differ in their abilities to grow in human, mouse, and carp macrophages and with regard to the presence of mycobacterial virulence genes, as observed by DNA microarray hybridization.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2008Article
- Health impacts of environmental mycobacteria.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2004Review
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Abstract
This paper presents the finding of the possible cause of the high false-positive rate in acid-fast staining in histological examinations. Using acid-fast staining, culture, and PCR, acid-fast bacilli were detected in 83.7% of 49 hospital tap water samples and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) were detected in 20.4% of the same 49 samples. The 10 NTM isolates were also identified to the species level using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Our findings indicate that NTM in hospital tap water are the possible cause of false positives in acid-fast staining and of nosocomial infection in immunocompromised patients.
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