Infectious Disease Department, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Chantilly, VA 20131.
Infectious Disease Department, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Chantilly, VA 20131.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Jul;94(3):248-254. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.01.021. Epub 2019 Feb 10.
Organisms of the Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus group can be significant pathogens in humans. They produce a number of diseases including acute, invasive and chronic infections, which may be difficult to diagnose correctly. Identification among members of this group is complicated by differentiating at least eleven (11) known species and subspecies and complexity of identification methodologies. Treatment of their infections may be problematic due to their correct species identification, antibiotic resistance, their differential susceptibility to the limited number of drugs available, and scarcity of susceptibility testing.
分支杆菌龟分枝杆菌脓肿组中的生物体可能是人类的重要病原体。它们会引起多种疾病，包括急性、侵袭性和慢性感染，这些感染可能难以正确诊断。由于至少有 11 种（11）已知的物种和亚种以及鉴定方法的复杂性，因此该组中的成员的区分变得复杂。由于其正确的物种鉴定、抗生素耐药性、对现有有限数量药物的不同敏感性以及药敏试验的稀缺性，其感染的治疗可能会出现问题。
