Stratton C W, Phelps D B, Reller L B
Am J Med. 1978 Aug;65(2):349-51. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(78)90831-8.
Mycobacterium szulgai, a scotochromogenic mycobacterium, is a newly recognized pathogen of man and has been reported to cause pulmonary infections, olecranon bursitis and cervical adenitis. We isolated M. szulfai from granulomatous tissue removed at surgery from a young florist with the carpal tunnel syndrome. The organism was susceptible to ethambutol and rifampin but resistant to isoniazid. Cure was achieved by debridement and chemotherapy with ethambutol and rifampin. Neither the source in our patient nor the natural habitat of M. szulgai is known. Because it resembles M. gordonae and M. flavescens, common scotochromogenic mycobacteria in tapwater, care must be taken to avoid dismissing M. szulgai as a contaminant when it is isolated from tissue.
苏尔加分枝杆菌是一种暗产色分枝杆菌，是一种新发现的人类病原体，据报道可引起肺部感染、鹰嘴滑囊炎和颈部腺炎。我们从一名患有腕管综合征的年轻花店店主手术切除的肉芽肿组织中分离出了苏尔加分枝杆菌。该菌对乙胺丁醇和利福平敏感，但对异烟肼耐药。通过清创以及使用乙胺丁醇和利福平进行化疗实现了治愈。我们患者的感染源以及苏尔加分枝杆菌的自然栖息地均不明确。由于它与戈登分枝杆菌和淡黄分枝杆菌相似，而这两种是自来水中常见的暗产色分枝杆菌，因此当从组织中分离出苏尔加分枝杆菌时，必须小心避免将其当作污染物而不予理会。
