Mycobacterium avium infections of Acanthamoeba strains: host strain variability, grazing-acquired infections, and altered dynamics of inactivation with monochloramine.

Abstract

Stable Mycobacterium avium infections of several Acanthamoeba strains were characterized by increased infection resistance of recent environmental isolates and reduced infectivity in the presence of other bacteria. Exposure of M. avium in coculture with Acanthamoeba castellanii to monochloramine yielded inactivation kinetics markedly similar to those observed for A. castellanii alone.

• Authors: David Berry, Matthias Horn, Chuanwu Xi, Lutgarde Raskin
• Journal: Applied and environmental microbiology (Appl Environ Microbiol) Vol. 76 Issue 19 Pg. 6685-8 (Oct 2010) ISSN: 1098-5336 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 20709834 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• Chloramines
• Disinfectants
• chloramine

Topics

• Acanthamoeba castellanii (microbiology)
• Chloramines (pharmacology)
• Disinfectants (pharmacology)
• Microbial Viability (drug effects)
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mycobacterium Infections
• Mycobacterium avium (drug effects, growth & development, isolation & purification)
• Sequence Analysis, DNA