Skip to main content
Journal of Clinical Microbiology logoLink to Journal of Clinical Microbiology
. 1992 May;30(5):1344–1346. doi: 10.1128/jcm.30.5.1344-1346.1992

Niacin-positive Mycobacterium kansasii isolated from immunocompromised patients.

I Nachamkin 1, R R MacGregor 1, J L Staneck 1, A Y Tsang 1, J C Denner 1, M Willner 1, S Barbagallo 1
PMCID: PMC265283  PMID: 1583146

Abstract

Niacin-positive Mycobacterium kansasii was isolated from three patients, two with respiratory infections and one with a perirectal abscess. The isolates were phenotypically similar to other strains of M. kansasii, differing only in their ability to produce niacin. This phenotype has been reported only twice in the literature, during the 1960s.

Full text

PDF

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Ahn C. H., McLarty J. W., Ahn S. S., Ahn S. I., Hurst G. A. Diagnostic criteria for pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium intracellulare. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1982 Apr;125(4):388–391. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1982.125.4.388. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Bolivar R., Satterwhite T. K., Floyd M. Cutaneous lesions due to Mycobacterium kansasii. Arch Dermatol. 1980 Feb;116(2):207–208. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Denner J. C., Tsang A. Y., Chatterjee D., Brennan P. J. Comprehensive approach to identification of serovars of Mycobacterium avium complex. J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Feb;30(2):473–478. doi: 10.1128/jcm.30.2.473-478.1992. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Fraser D. W., Buxton A. E., Naji A., Barker C. F., Rudnick M., Weinstein A. J. Disseminated mycobacterium kansasii infection presenting as cellulitis in a recipient of a renal homograft. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1975 Jul;112(1):125–129. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1975.112.1.125. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Gimpl F., Szabó I., Vándor J. Eine niazinpositive Variante von Mycobacterium kansasii. Prax Pneumol. 1968 May;22(5):295–299. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Hunter S. W., Fujiwara T., Murphy R. C., Brennan P. J. N-acylkansosamine. A novel N-acylamino sugar from the trehalose-containing lipooligosaccharide antigens of Mycobacterium kansasii. J Biol Chem. 1984 Aug 10;259(15):9729–9734. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Hunter S. W., Jardine I., Yanagihara D. L., Brennan P. J. Trehalose-containing lipooligosaccharides from mycobacteria: structures of the oligosaccharide segments and recognition of a unique N-acylkanosamine-containing epitope. Biochemistry. 1985 May 21;24(11):2798–2805. doi: 10.1021/bi00332a030. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Levine B., Chaisson R. E. Mycobacterium kansasii: a cause of treatable pulmonary disease associated with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Ann Intern Med. 1991 May 15;114(10):861–868. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-114-10-861. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Sherer R., Sable R., Sonnenberg M., Cooper S., Spencer P., Schwimmer S., Kocka F., Muthuswamy P., Kallick C. Disseminated infection with Mycobacterium kansasii in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ann Intern Med. 1986 Nov;105(5):710–712. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-105-5-710. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Stellbrink H. J., Koperski K., Albrecht H., Greten H. Mycobacterium kansasii infection limited to skin and lymph node in a patient with AIDS. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1990 Nov;15(6):457–458. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1990.tb02144.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Wolinsky E. Nontuberculous mycobacteria and associated diseases. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1979 Jan;119(1):107–159. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1979.119.1.107. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Woods G. L., Washington J. A., 2nd Mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis: review of microbiologic and clinical aspects. Rev Infect Dis. 1987 Mar-Apr;9(2):275–294. doi: 10.1093/clinids/9.2.275. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Yue W. Y., Cohen S. S. Pulmonary infection caused by niacin-positive Mycobacterium kansasii. A case report with autopsy findings. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1966 Sep;94(3):447–449. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1966.94.3.447. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Clinical Microbiology are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES