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Mycobacterium abscessus historical perspective
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) was first isolated in 1953 from gluteal abscesses in a 62-year-old patient who had injured her knee as a child and had a disseminated infection 48 years later.[1] It was until 1992 that M. abscessus is considered a separate organism from Mycobacterium chelonae. The species M. bolletii, named after the late microbiologist and taxonomist Claude Bollet, was described in 2006. In current taxonomy, M. bolletii and M. massiliense (named for Massilia, the ancient Greek and Roman name for Marseille, where the organism was isolated) have been incorporated into M. abscessus subsp. bolletii. [2][3]
References
References
- ↑ MOORE M, FRERICHS JB (1953). “An unusual acid-fast infection of the knee with subcutaneous, abscess-like lesions of the gluteal region; report of a case with a study of the organism, Mycobacterium abscessus, n. sp”. J Invest Dermatol. 20 (2): 133–69. PMID 13035193.
- ↑ Etymologia: Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii. Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2014 Mar [February 20, 2014]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2003.ET2003
- ↑ CDC.gov Etymologia: Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii
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