Williamson John C, Miano Todd A, Morgan Michael R, Palavecino Elizabeth L
Department of Pharmacy, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;42(3):222-4. doi: 10.3109/00365540903384158.
The microbiological similarities of rapidly growing mycobacteria and corynebacteria impose potential for misidentification in the laboratory. This report describes a fatal case of infectious endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus, initially identified and treated as Corynebacterium spp. Acid-fast staining should be performed routinely when multiple blood cultures grow Corynebacterium spp.
快速生长分枝杆菌与棒状杆菌在微生物学上的相似性给实验室中的错误鉴定带来了可能性。本报告描述了一例由脓肿分枝杆菌引起的感染性心内膜炎致死病例，该菌最初被鉴定为棒状杆菌属并进行了治疗。当多次血培养生长出棒状杆菌属细菌时，应常规进行抗酸染色。
