Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science (대한임상검사과학회지)
- Volume 40 Issue 1
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- Pages.1-5
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- 2008
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- 1738-3544(pISSN)
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- 2288-1662(eISSN)
Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Existing in Public Bathroom Water by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
PCR-RFLP에 의한 대중목욕탕 내 Nontuberculous Mycobacteria의 동정
- Choi, Seung-Gu (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Shin Heung College) ;
- Song, Woon-Heung (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Shin Heung College) ;
- Kang, Chee-Hwan (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Shin Heung College) ;
- Cho, Kyu-Bong (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Shin Heung College) ;
- Lee, Jae-Sang (DongAm Medical Institute) ;
- Lee, Jang-Ho (Department Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center) ;
- Kim, Sung-Il (Department of Laboratory medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital) ;
- Jee, Soo-Il (Department of Pathology, National Health Insurance Coporation Ilsan Hospital)
- 최승구 (신흥대학 임상병리과) ;
- 송운흥 (신흥대학 임상병리과) ;
- 강치환 (신흥대학 임상병리과) ;
- 조규봉 (신흥대학 임상병리과) ;
- 이재상 (동암의학연구소) ;
- 이장호 (삼성서울병원 진단검사의학과) ;
- 김성일 (고려대학교병원 진단검사의학과) ;
- 지수일 (일산병원 병리과)
- Published : 2008.06.30
Abstract
Thirty two of bathroom water samples from public bathroom in Seoul areas were examined using acid-fast staining, Lowenstein-Jensen (L-J) medium culture and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). In 6.25% (2/32) bathroom water samples, acid-fast bacilli were detected by AFB stain, and in 21.9% (7/32) bathroom water samples, acid fast bacilli grew on L-J media. Of them, six acid-fast bacilli were identified as Mycobacterium avium, and the other AFB as Mycobacterium szulgai by PCR-RFLP. These results are suggested that accidental nontuberculosis mycobacterial infection to a weakness person will be possible in public area.