Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2022)

Chronic Pulmonary Disease Caused by Tsukamurella toyonakaense

  • Tomoki Kuge,
  • Kiyoharu Fukushima,
  • Yuki Matsumoto,
  • Haruko Saito,
  • Yuko Abe,
  • Eri Akiba,
  • Kako Haduki,
  • Tadayoshi Nitta,
  • Akira Kawano,
  • Michio Tanaka,
  • Yumi Hattori,
  • Takahiro Kawasaki,
  • Takanori Matsuki,
  • Takayuki Shiroyama,
  • Daisuke Motooka,
  • Kazuyuki Tsujino,
  • Keisuke Miki,
  • Masahide Mori,
  • Seigo Kitada,
  • Shota Nakamura,
  • Tetsuya Iida,
  • Atsushi Kumanogoh,
  • Hiroshi Kida

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2807.212320
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 7
pp. 1437 – 1441

Abstract

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Unidentified Mycobacterium species are sometimes detected in respiratory specimens. We identified a novel Tsukamurella species (Tsukamurella sp. TY48, RIMD 2001001, CIP 111916T), Tsukamurella toyonakaense, from a patient given a misdiagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease caused by unidentified mycobacteria. Genomic identification of this Tsukamurella species helped clarify its clinical characteristics and epidemiology.

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