| Mycobacterium setense |
Taxonomy
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Phylum Actinobacteria, Class Actinobacteria, Order Actinomycetales, Suborder Corynebacterineae, Family Mycobacteriaceae, Genus
Mycobacterium, Mycobacterium setense Lamy et al. 2008.
Member of the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex.
Mycobacterium, Mycobacterium setense Lamy et al. 2008.
Member of the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex.
Acid-fast, pleomorphic rods. Gram-positive. Aerial hyphae are not produced.
Colonies are smooth, convex, round, entire-edged, nonpigmented (beige), 1 mm in
diameter). Grows on 5% sheep blood agar and Lowenstein-Jensen agar within 2-4
days at 25-37 ºC, optimum 30 ºC. No growth occurs at 42 ºC. Growth occurs in the
presence of 5% NaCl.
diameter). Grows on 5% sheep blood agar and Lowenstein-Jensen agar within 2-4
days at 25-37 ºC, optimum 30 ºC. No growth occurs at 42 ºC. Growth occurs in the
presence of 5% NaCl.
Isolated from an excised skin and soft tissue specimen from a patient with osteitis.
Susceptible to imipenem, moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin, cefoxitin and amikacin, intermediate to tobramycin and clarithromycin, and resistant
to doxycycline, erythromycin and sulfamethoxazole.
Susceptible to imipenem, moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin, cefoxitin and amikacin, intermediate to tobramycin and clarithromycin, and resistant
to doxycycline, erythromycin and sulfamethoxazole.
Undetermined.
- Lamy B, Marchandin H, Hamitouche K, Laurent F. Mycobacterium setense sp. nov., a Mycobacterium fortuitum-group organism
isolated from a patient with soft tissue infection and osteitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:486-490.
Positive results for alkaline phosphatase, arylsulfatase (3 days), thermostable catalase, gelatinase, iron uptake, nitrate reductase,
pyrazinamidase, and urease.
Can utilize as sole carbon source D-mannitol and D-glucose.
No utilization of D-inositol, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose, or citrate.
pyrazinamidase, and urease.
Can utilize as sole carbon source D-mannitol and D-glucose.
No utilization of D-inositol, L-rhamnose, L-arabinose, or citrate.
(c) Costin Stoica
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