Isolation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from the Environment of Buruli Ulcer Endemic Communities in Ghana.

CONCLUSION: This study is the first to report on the isolation of M. ulcerans and other medically relevant nontuberculous mycobacteria from different environmental sources in Ghana. IMPORTANCE: Diseases caused by mycobacterial species other than those that causes tuberculosis and leprosy are increasing. The control is difficult because current understanding of the mode of spread and where these germs live in the environment is limited. At the same time, this information is needed to design preventive measures. Moreover, growing of these organisms from the environment is also difficult, as the culturing medium gets overgrown by other bacteria that also live in the environment such as soil and water. We decided to improve methods for growing these germs from the environmental sources such as soil and water towards understanding of important mycobacteria ecology. PMID: 27208141 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: Appl Environ Microbiol Source Type: research