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dc.contributor.author | da Silva, Paulo | - |
dc.contributor.author | Barreto Santos, Adolfo Carlos | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sato, Daisy Nakamura | - |
dc.contributor.author | Silva, Jaqueline Otero | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cazentini Medeiros, Marta Ines | - |
dc.contributor.author | Machado Carneiro, Ana Maria | - |
dc.contributor.author | de Andrade Leite, Sergio Roberto | - |
dc.contributor.author | Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-20T13:24:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-05-20T13:24:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012-09-01 | - |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2012.08.009 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Salvador: Contexto, v. 16, n. 5, p. 409-415, 2012. | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1413-8670 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/7515 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Rhodococcus equi is an opportunistic pathogen, causing rhodococcosis, a condition that can be confused with tuberculosis. Often, without identifying M. tuberculosis, physicians initiate empiric treatment for tuberculosis. R. equi and M. tuberculosis have different susceptibility to drugs. Identification of R. equi is based on a variety of phenotypic, chromatographic, and genotypic characteristics.Objective: This study aimed to characterize bacterial isolates from sputum samples suggestive of R. equi.Methods: The phenotypic identification included biochemical assays; thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used for genotypic identification.Results: Among 78 Gram-positive and partially acid-fast bacilli isolated from the sputum of tuberculosis-suspected patients, 51 were phenotypically and genotypically characterized as R. equi based on literature data. Mycolic acid analysis showed that all suspected R. equi had compounds with a retention factor (R-f) between 0.4-0.5. Genotypic characterization indicated the presence of the choE gene 959 bp fragments in 51 isolates CAMP test positive. Twenty-two CAMP test negative isolates were negative for the choE gene. Five isolates presumptively identified as R. equi, CAMP test positive, were choE gene negative, and probably belonged to other bacterial species.Conclusions: The phenotypic and molecular techniques used constitute a good methodological tool to identify R. equi. (C) 2012 Elsevier Editora All rights reserved. | en |
dc.format.extent | 409-415 | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Contexto | - |
dc.source | Web of Science | - |
dc.subject | Polymerase chain reaction | en |
dc.subject | Rhodococcus equi | en |
dc.subject | Mycolic acids | en |
dc.title | Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Rhodococcus equi isolated from sputum | en |
dc.type | outro | - |
dc.contributor.institution | Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) | - |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) | - |
dc.description.affiliation | Adolfo Lutz Inst, Nucleo Ciencias Biomed, Ctr Lab Reg IAL NCB CLR 6, BR-14085410 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | - |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Estadual Paulista Julio Mesquita Filho UNESP, Sch Pharmaceut Sci, Lab Micobacterias Prof Dr Hugo David, Araraquara, SP, Brazil | - |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | Univ Estadual Paulista Julio Mesquita Filho UNESP, Sch Pharmaceut Sci, Lab Micobacterias Prof Dr Hugo David, Araraquara, SP, Brazil | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.08.009 | - |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000310088400001 | - |
dc.rights.accessRights | Acesso aberto | - |
dc.identifier.file | WOS000310088400001.pdf | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases | - |
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