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A case of Mycobacterium sherrisii pneumonia diagnosed by PCR/ESI-MS method
Christopher Lai1, Wilson Lam2, Man-Po Lee2
1Department of Pathology, Room 11-11, 11/F, Block M, 30 Gascoigne Road, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Abstract:
Mycobacterium sherrisii is an acid fast organism that is recently validated as a novel species. It is recognized to cause severe disease in immunosuppressed individuals especially in patients with HIV. We describe a case M. sherrisii pneumonia which was diagnosed using PCR coupled with electrospray ionization mass-spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) technology.

