Literature DB >> 23135942

Characterization of a Tsukamurella pseudo-outbreak by phenotypic tests, 16S rRNA sequencing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and metabolic footprinting.

Kelvin K W To1, Ami M Y Fung, Jade L L Teng, Shirly O T Curreem, Kim-Chung Lee, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Ching-Wan Lam, Susanna K P Lau, Patrick C Y Woo.   

Abstract

We report a pseudo-outbreak of Tsukamurella due to improperly wrapped scissors used for processing of tissue specimens. A polyphasic approach, involving biochemical, genetic, and metabolomic techniques, was used in the laboratory investigation. This report highlights that early recognition of pseudo-outbreaks is important in preventing unnecessary and incorrect treatment of patients.

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Year:  2012        PMID： 23135942      PMCID： PMC3536211          DOI： 10.1128/JCM.02845-12

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Microbiol        ISSN： 0095-1137            Impact factor:   5.948


  14 in total

1.  Polymicrobial ventriculitis and evaluation of an outbreak in a surgical intensive care unit due to inadequate sterilization.

Authors:  D Esel; M Doganay; N Bozdemir; O Yildiz; T Tezcaner; B Sumerkan; B Aygen; A Selcuklu
Journal:  J Hosp Infect       Date:  2002-03       Impact factor: 3.926

2.  Scissors: a potential source of nosocomial infection.

Authors:  John M Embil; George G Zhanel; Pierre J Plourde; Daryl Hoban
Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol       Date:  2002-03       Impact factor: 3.254

3.  Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens sp. nov.

Authors:  A F Yassin; F A Rainey; J Burghardt; H Brzezinka; S Schmitt; P Seifert; O Zimmermann; H Mauch; D Gierth; I Lux; K P Schaal
Journal:  Int J Syst Bacteriol       Date:  1997-07

4.  Tsukamurella pulmonis sp. nov.

Authors:  A F Yassin; F A Rainey; H Brzezinka; J Burghardt; M Rifai; P Seifert; K Feldmann; K P Schaal
Journal:  Int J Syst Bacteriol       Date:  1996-04

5.  First report of Tsukamurella keratitis: association between T. tyrosinosolvens and T. pulmonis and ophthalmologic infections.

Authors:  Patrick C Y Woo; Angie H C Fong; Antonio H Y Ngan; Dorothy M W Tam; Jade L L Teng; Susanna K P Lau; Kwok-Yung Yuen
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2009-04-15       Impact factor: 5.948

6.  Investigation of a pseudo-outbreak of 'Pseudomonas thomasii' in a special-care baby unit by numerical analysis of SDS-PAGE protein patterns.

Authors:  M Costas; B Holmes; L L Sloss; S Heard
Journal:  Epidemiol Infect       Date:  1990-08       Impact factor: 2.451

7.  Tsukamurella strandjordae sp. nov., a proposed new species causing sepsis.

Authors:  M M Kattar; B T Cookson; L D Carlson; S K Stiglich; M A Schwartz; T T Nguyen; R Daza; C K Wallis; S L Yarfitz; M B Coyle
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2001-04       Impact factor: 5.948

8.  Tsukamurella conjunctivitis: a novel clinical syndrome.

Authors:  Patrick C Y Woo; Antonio H Y Ngan; Susanna K P Lau; Kwok-Yung Yuen
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2003-07       Impact factor: 5.948

9.  Outbreak of pseudoinfection with Tsukamurella paurometabolum traced to laboratory contamination: efficacy of joint epidemiological and laboratory investigation.

Authors:  S B Auerbach; M M McNeil; J M Brown; B A Lasker; W R Jarvis
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  1992-05       Impact factor: 9.079

10.  Tsukamurella spumae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete associated with foaming in activated sludge plants.

Authors:  Sun-Woo Nam; Jongsik Chun; Seungbum Kim; Wonyong Kim; Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwinska; Michael Goodfellow
Journal:  Syst Appl Microbiol       Date:  2003-09       Impact factor: 4.022
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  11 in total

Review 1.  Laboratory diagnosis of melioidosis: past, present and future.

Authors:  Susanna K P Lau; Siddharth Sridhar; Chi-Chun Ho; Wang-Ngai Chow; Kim-Chung Lee; Ching-Wan Lam; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Patrick C Y Woo
Journal:  Exp Biol Med (Maywood)       Date:  2015-04-22

2.  Misidentification of Aspergillus nomius and Aspergillus tamarii as Aspergillus flavus: characterization by internal transcribed spacer, β-Tubulin, and calmodulin gene sequencing, metabolic fingerprinting, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.

Authors:  Emily W T Tam; Jonathan H K Chen; Eunice C L Lau; Antonio H Y Ngan; Kitty S C Fung; Kim-Chung Lee; Ching-Wan Lam; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Susanna K P Lau; Patrick C Y Woo
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2014-01-22       Impact factor: 5.948

3.  Metabolomic Profiling of Plasma from Patients with Tuberculosis by Use of Untargeted Mass Spectrometry Reveals Novel Biomarkers for Diagnosis.

Authors:  Susanna K P Lau; Kim-Chung Lee; Shirly O T Curreem; Wang-Ngai Chow; Kelvin K W To; Ivan F N Hung; Deborah T Y Ho; Siddharth Sridhar; Iris W S Li; Vanessa S Y Ding; Eleanor W F Koo; Chi-Fong Wong; Sidney Tam; Ching-Wan Lam; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Patrick C Y Woo
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2015-09-16       Impact factor: 5.948

4.  Metabolomics Analysis Reveals Specific Novel Tetrapeptide and Potential Anti-Inflammatory Metabolites in Pathogenic Aspergillus species.

Authors:  Kim-Chung Lee; Emily W T Tam; Ka-Ching Lo; Alan K L Tsang; Candy C Y Lau; Kelvin K W To; Jasper F W Chan; Ching-Wan Lam; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Susanna K P Lau; Patrick C Y Woo
Journal:  Int J Mol Sci       Date:  2015-06-17       Impact factor: 5.923

5.  Metabolomic profiling of Burkholderia pseudomallei using UHPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS reveals specific biomarkers including 4-methyl-5-thiazoleethanol and unique thiamine degradation pathway.

Authors:  Susanna K P Lau; Ching-Wan Lam; Shirly O T Curreem; Kim-Chung Lee; Wang-Ngai Chow; Candy C Y Lau; Siddharth Sridhar; Sally C Y Wong; Paolo Martelli; Suk-Wai Hui; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Patrick C Y Woo
Journal:  Cell Biosci       Date:  2015-06-02       Impact factor: 7.133

6.  Identification of specific metabolites in culture supernatant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using metabolomics: exploration of potential biomarkers.

Authors:  Susanna K P Lau; Ching-Wan Lam; Shirly O T Curreem; Kim-Chung Lee; Candy C Y Lau; Wang-Ngai Chow; Antonio H Y Ngan; Kelvin K W To; Jasper F W Chan; Ivan F N Hung; Wing-Cheong Yam; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Patrick C Y Woo
Journal:  Emerg Microbes Infect       Date:  2015-01-28       Impact factor: 7.163

7.  Metabolomic Profiling of Plasma from Melioidosis Patients Using UHPLC-QTOF MS Reveals Novel Biomarkers for Diagnosis.

Authors:  Susanna K P Lau; Kim-Chung Lee; George C S Lo; Vanessa S Y Ding; Wang-Ngai Chow; Tony Y H Ke; Shirly O T Curreem; Kelvin K W To; Deborah T Y Ho; Siddharth Sridhar; Sally C Y Wong; Jasper F W Chan; Ivan F N Hung; Kong-Hung Sze; Ching-Wan Lam; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Patrick C Y Woo
Journal:  Int J Mol Sci       Date:  2016-02-27       Impact factor: 5.923

8.  MALDI-TOF MS for identification of Tsukamurella species: Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens as the predominant species associated with ocular infections.

Authors:  Jade L L Teng; Ying Tang; Samson S Y Wong; Jordan Y H Fong; Zhe Zhao; Chun-Pong Wong; Jonathan H K Chen; Antonio H Y Ngan; Alan K L Wu; Kitty S C Fung; Tak-Lun Que; Susanna K P Lau; Patrick C Y Woo
Journal:  Emerg Microbes Infect       Date:  2018-05-09       Impact factor: 7.163

9.  Lipid metabolites as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for acute community acquired pneumonia.

Authors:  Kelvin K W To; Kim-Chung Lee; Samson S Y Wong; Kong-Hung Sze; Yi-Hong Ke; Yin-Ming Lui; Bone S F Tang; Iris W S Li; Susanna K P Lau; Ivan F N Hung; Chun-Yiu Law; Ching-Wan Lam; Kwok-Yung Yuen
Journal:  Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  2016-03-14       Impact factor: 2.803

10.  Tsukamurella pulmonis conjunctivitis in patients with an underlying nasolacrimal duct obstruction - report of two cases.

Authors:  Peter Kechker; Yigal Senderovich; Shifra Ken-Dror; Sivan Laviad-Shitrit; Malka Halpern
Journal:  Access Microbiol       Date:  2020-12-09
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