Foresti V, Villa A, Scolari N, Parisio E, Confalonieri F
Recenti Prog Med. 1989 Apr;80(4):180-2.
Sputum specimens from 15 patients with respiratory disease were reported to have positive cultures for Mycobacterium gordonae, an organism generally considered to be non-pathogenic for man. None showed typical radiological changes for mycobacteriosis. Mycobacterium gordonae was also isolated from some components of the aerosol therapy instrument. Because aerosol therapy was used for 4 patients only, we were not able to establish whether the Mycobacterium gordonae was only a colonizer. We suggest that its isolation in culture must be evaluated in an adequate clinical context before concluding that it is pathogenic.
据报告，15例呼吸道疾病患者的痰液标本中戈登分枝杆菌培养呈阳性，该菌通常被认为对人类无致病性。所有患者均未表现出典型的分枝杆菌病影像学变化。在雾化治疗仪器的一些部件中也分离出了戈登分枝杆菌。由于仅4例患者接受了雾化治疗，因此我们无法确定戈登分枝杆菌是否只是一种定植菌。我们建议，在判定其具有致病性之前，必须在适当的临床背景下对其培养分离情况进行评估。
