Emergence of Mycobacterium canariasense infections in central Israel.
Rona GrossmanAmos AdlerMor RubinsteinIsrael NissanHasia Kaidar-ShwartzZeev DveyrinEyal LeshemYasmin MaorLuba TauEfrat RormanPublished in: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology (2022)
In 2018, Mycobacterium canariasense bloodstream infection was diagnosed in Israel. Further investigation had identified additional five cases in three medical centers, including isolates from blood (1), cornea (1), and sputum (3). Isolates were susceptible to all the antimicrobial tested. All but one isolate was related by whole-genome phylogeny.