Whence Mycobacteria and Mycobacterioses?

Editorials1 September 1971Whence Mycobacteria and Mycobacterioses?ERNEST H. RUNYON, PH.D.ERNEST H. RUNYON, PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-75-3-467 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe sources of infections resulting in tuberculosis or leprosy are diseased persons. Sources of most other mycobacterioses have been poorly or not at all known. Gradually information has been accumulating that indicates environmental sources, especially for the so-called "Battey" disease. Some recent contributions by Australian investigators are notably pertinent.Mycobacterium aviumwas previously considered to be a cause of disease in man only rarely. A recently published text states categorically thatM. aviumis completely avirulent for man. It is now well established, however, that probably the commonest mycobacterial infections of man in many areas are with organisms of the...References1. DAWSON D: Potential pathogens among strains of mycobacteria isolated from house dusts. Med J Aust 711:679-681, 1971 CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. REZNIKOV M and DAWSON D: Serological investigation of strains of Mycobacterium intracellulare ("Battey" bacillus) isolated from house dusts. Ibid., pp. 682-683 Google Scholar3. RODDA G and SINGER E: Non-specific sensitization to old tuberculin: cultural studies. Tubercle 44:251-267, 1963 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. SCHAEFER W: Influence of the serotypes of Mycobacterium avium and atypical mycobacteria in human and animal diseases. Am Rev Resp Dis 97:18-23, 1968 MedlineGoogle Scholar5. REZNIKOV M and ROBINSON E: Serologically identical "Battey" mycobacteria from sputa of healthy piggery workers and lesions of pigs. Aust Vet J 46:606-607, 1970 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. BROWN M, BUECHNER H, and BAILEY W: Atypical mycobacterial pulmonary disease at the New Orleans Veterans Hospital and metropolitan New Orleans (Abstract). Am Rev Resp Dis 103:885-886, 1971 Google Scholar7. BAKER D, CLANCEY J, and MORROW R: Transmission of Buruli disease (letter). Brit Med J 4:558, 1970 CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ERNEST H. RUNYON, PH.D.Affiliations: Veterans Administration Hospital Salt Lake City, Utah PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMycobacterial Infections of the SkinNontuberculous Mycobacterial Breast Implant InfectionsSurgical Management of Cutaneous Infection Caused by Atypical Mycobacteria after Penetrating InjuryNew Macrolide Antibiotics: Usefulness in Infections Caused by Mycobacteria other Than Mycobacterium TuberculosisPathology of the Nervous SystemMycobacterium intracellulare soft tissue infectionMycobacterial infection following blepharoplastyDisseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection and red cell hypoplasia in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndromeMycobacterium fortuitum bacteremia in patients with cancer and long-term venous cathetersMacrophage uptake and retention of radiolabeled glycopeptidolipid antigens associated with the superficial L1 layer of Mycobacterium intracellulare serovar 20Mycobacterium avium complex, an emerging pathogen in MassachusettsNontuberculous Mycobacteria in Pleural FluidMycobacterium avium-intracellulare: A Cause of Disseminated Life-Threatening Infection in Homosexuals and Drug AbusersJEFFREY B. GREENE, M.D., GURDIP S. SIDHU, M.D., SHARON LEWIN, M.D., JEROME F. LEVINE, M.D., HENRY MASUR, M.D., MICHAEL S. SIMBERKOFF, M.D., PETER NICHOLAS, M.D., ROBERT C. GOOD, Ph.D., SUSAN B. ZOLLA-PAZNER, Ph.D., ALAN A. POLLOCK, M.D., MICHAEL L. TAPPER, M.D., ROBERT S. HOLZMAN, M.D.Nontuberculous mycobacteria as unsuspected agents of dermatological infections: diagnosis through microbiological parametersPulmonary Disease Caused by Nontuberculosis MycobacteriaMycobacterium avium complex: significance of isolation from bone marrow cultureInfection of a Dog with Mycobacterium avium Serotype IIExperience with atypical mycobacterial infection in the deep structures of the handA Comparative Study of Mycobacteria from Patients' Room Dusts and from Sputa of Tuberculous Patients 1 September 1971Volume 75, Issue 3Page: 467-468KeywordsInfectious diseasesLeprosyMycobacteriaTuberculosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1971 PDF downloadLoading ...