Mycobacterium kansasii

Gram-positive, nonmotile, moderately-long to long, and acid-fast rods.

It forms smooth to rough colonies after 7 or more days of incubation and is considered a slow grower.

Colonies grown in dark are nonpigmented, when grown in light or when young colonies are exposed briefly to light, colonies become brilliant yellow (photochromogenic) according to the Runyon classification of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria. Oxygen is essential for the development of the pigment. If grown in a lighted incubator, most strains form dark red crystals of β-carotene on the surface and inside of colony.

Its physiology is described as growth on Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 37°C within 7 days or more,

resistant to pyrazinamide and

susceptible to ethambutol.

It is closely related to the non-pathogenic, also slowly growing, nonpigmented, M. gastri.

Both species share an identical 16S rDNA but differentiation is possible by differences in the ITS and hsp65 sequences.

A commercial hybridisation assay (AccuProbe) to identify M. kansasii exists.

Several former subtypes of M. kansasii have been reclassified as closely related species, and along with M. gastri form the M. kansasii complex (MKC). The species in the MKC are

• Mycobacterium kansasii (former subtype I)
• Mycobacterium persicum (former subtype II)
• Mycobacterium pseudokansasii (former subtype III)
• Mycobacterium ostraviense (former subtype IV)
• Mycobacterium innocens (former subtype V)
• Mycobacterium attenuatum (former subtype VI)
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Mycobacterium kansasii was first described in 1952 after being identified as the cause of two cases of disease resembling human pulmonary tuberculosis at Kansas City General Hospital and the University of Kansas Medical Center.{{cite journal | vauthors = Buhler VB, Pollak A | title = Human infection with atypical acid-fast organisms; report of two cases with pathologic findings | journal = American Journal of Clinical Pathology | volume = 23 | issue = 4 | pages = 363–374 | date = April 1953 | pmid = 13040295 | doi = 10.1093/ajcp/23.4.363 }}

M. kansasii may cause chronic human pulmonary disease resembling tuberculosis.{{EMedicine|article|223230|Mycobacterium Kansasii}} Extrapulmonary infections, such as cervical lymphadenitis in children, cutaneous and soft tissues infections, and musculoskeletal system involvement are uncommon. Rarely it causes disseminated disease in patients with severely impaired cellular immunity (such as organ transplants or AIDS). Pre-existing lung disease such as silicosis is a risk factor.{{Cite journal | vauthors = Webster Jr JR, Cugell DW, Bazley ES, Harrison III RW, Bugaieski SM, Buckingham WB |date=1969-06-01 |title=Silicosis and Mycobacterium Kansasii Infection |journal=Diseases of the Chest |volume=55 |issue=6 |pages=479–482 |doi=10.1378/chest.55.6.479}} Mycobacterium kansasii occasionally involves the skin in a sporotrichoid pattern.{{cite book | vauthors = James WD, Berger TG |title=Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology |publisher=Saunders Elsevier |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7216-2921-6 |display-authors=etal}}{{rp|341}} It is unclear where people acquire the infection and person-to-person spread is not thought to occur. Tap water is believed to be the major reservoir associated with human disease.{{cite journal | vauthors = Vaerewijck MJ, Huys G, Palomino JC, Swings J, Portaels F | title = Mycobacteria in drinking water distribution systems: ecology and significance for human health | journal = FEMS Microbiology Reviews | volume = 29 | issue = 5 | pages = 911–934 | date = November 2005 | pmid = 16219512 | doi = 10.1016/j.femsre.2005.02.001 | doi-access = free }} Biosafety level 2 is indicated.

First and most frequently isolated from human pulmonary secretions and lesions.

Strain ATCC 12478 = CIP 104589 = DSM 44162 = JCM 6379 = NCTC 13024.

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• {{cite web |title=Mycobacterium kansasii |work=NCBI Taxonomy Browser |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=1768 |id=1768}}
• [http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=8393&submit=Search Type strain of Mycobacterium kansasii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]

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Category:Acid-fast bacilli

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Category:Bacteria described in 1955

Category:Pathogenic bacteria