Recurrent catheter-related infection caused by a single clone of Mycobacterium chelonae with two colonial morphotypes

J Clin Microbiol. 1998 May;36(5):1422-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.5.1422-1424.1998.

Abstract

We describe herein a recurrent catheter-related (Port-A-Cath; Smiths Industries Medical Systems [SIMS] Deltec, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.) infection caused by multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium chelonae with two colonial morphotypes in a 53-year-old woman with gastric adenocarcinoma. Four isolates recovered from this patient within a 3-month period were found to belong to a single clone on the basis of the isolates' identical antibiotypes as determined by the E test and their identical random amplified polymorphic DNA patterns.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications
  • Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / immunology
  • Mycobacterium chelonae / classification
  • Mycobacterium chelonae / immunology
  • Mycobacterium chelonae / isolation & purification*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications