NONTUBERCULOSIS MYCOBACTERIA Flashcards
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- Slowly Growing Species
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NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA
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part of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC).
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- Mycobacterium avium and M. intracellulare
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o Also includes M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis and M. avium subsp. silvaticum
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part of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
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- environmental saprophytes and have been recovered from soil, water, house dust, and other environmental sources
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MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX
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a cause of disease in poultry and swine
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MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX
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- Zoonotic microorganisms
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MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX
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- the cells are short, coccobacillary, and uniformly stained, without beading or banding
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MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX
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- production of a heat-stable catalase and the ability to grow on media containing 2μg/ mL of T2H
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MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX
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- Causative agent of Johne disease, an intestinal infection occurring as a chronic diarrhea in cattle, sheep, goats, and other ruminants
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MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS
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- very slow growth rate (3 to 4 months
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MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS
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- Needs mycobactin-supplemented medium for primary isolation.
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MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS
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- cause of disseminated infections in patients with AIDS * enteritis and genital and soft tissue infections
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- Middlebrook 7H11 agar supplemented with mycobactin
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- heat-stable catalase, pyrazinamidase, and urease
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- Submandibular lymphadenitis, subcutaneous nodules, painful swellings, ulcers progressing to abscesses, and draining fistulas are often the clinical manifestations
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- A unique characteristic of this organism is its requirement for hemoglobin or hemin for growth.
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- Chocolate (CHOC) agar, Mueller-Hinton agar with 5% Fildes enrichment, and Löwenstein- Jensen (LJ) medium containing 2% ferric ammonium citrate.
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- Optimal growth temperature is 28° C to 32° C; little or no growth occurs at 37° C. cells are strongly acid-fast, short, occasionally curved bacilli without banding or beading, and arranged in tight clusters or cords
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under group III
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strains have been isolated from
water
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- Infections are not normally considered contagious from person to person
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- Susceptible to rifampin and ethambutol
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partially resistant to isoniazid and streptomycin
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