Kiehn T E, Hoefer H, Bottger E C, Ross R, Wong M, Edwards F, Antinoff N, Armstrong D
Microbiology Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 1996 Jul;34(7):1840-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.34.7.1840-1842.1996.
Mycobacterium genavense, a recently reported cause of a wasting illness in patients with AIDS, was isolated from a cervical lymph mode from a dog with severe hind limb weakness and from trachael tissue from a parrot with acute onset respiratory distress. Physicians caring for immunocompromised patients should consider birds and dogs potential sources of M. genavense infection and submit appropriate specimens for culture.
日内瓦分枝杆菌是最近报道的艾滋病患者消瘦症的病因,它从一只后肢严重无力的狗的颈部淋巴结以及一只急性呼吸窘迫的鹦鹉的气管组织中分离出来。治疗免疫功能低下患者的医生应将鸟类和狗视为日内瓦分枝杆菌感染的潜在来源,并提交适当的标本进行培养。