TY - JOUR AU - Kuge, Tomoki AU - Fukushima, Kiyoharu AU - Matsumoto, Yuki AU - Saito, Haruko AU - Abe, Yuko AU - Akiba, Eri AU - Haduki, Kako AU - Nitta, Tadayoshi AU - Kawano, Akira AU - Tanaka, Michio AU - Hattori, Yumi AU - Kawasaki, Takahiro AU - Matsuki, Takanori AU - Shiroyama, Takayuki AU - Motooka, Daisuke AU - Tsujino, Kazuyuki AU - Miki, Keisuke AU - Mori, Masahide AU - Kitada, Seigo AU - Nakamura, Shota AU - Iida, Tetsuya AU - Kumanogoh, Atsushi AU - Kida, Hiroshi T1 - Chronic Pulmonary Disease Caused by Tsukamurella toyonakaense T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 7 SP - 1437 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Unidentified Mycobacterium species are sometimes detected in respiratory specimens. We identified a novel Tsukamurella species (Tsukamurella sp. TY48, RIMD 2001001, CIP 111916T), Tsukamurella toyonakaense, from a patient given a misdiagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease caused by unidentified mycobacteria. Genomic identification of this Tsukamurella species helped clarify its clinical characteristics and epidemiology. KW - chronic pulmonary disease KW - nontuberculous mycobacteria KW - Tsukamurella toyonakaenses KW - Tsukamurella paurometabola KW - bacteria KW - rapid-growing mycobacteria KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid2807.212320 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/7/21-2320_article ER - End of Reference