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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2008, p. 4966-4968, Vol. 74, No. 15
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02900-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Comparison of Mycobacterium avium Isolates from Clinical and Environmental Sources{triangledown}

Elizabeth D. Hilborn,1* Mitchell A. Yakrus,2 Terry C. Covert,3 Stephanie I. Harris,4 Sandra F. Donnelly,5 Michael T. Schmitt,1 Sean Toney,2 Stephanie A. Bailey,4 and Gerard N. Stelma Jr.3

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of TB Elimination, Atlanta, Georgia,2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio,3 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 Laboratory, Port Orchard, Washington,4 Clark County Water Reclamation District, Las Vegas, Nevada5

Received 21 December 2007/ Accepted 26 May 2008

We collected Mycobacterium avium isolates from clinical and drinking-water sources and compared isolates among themselves and to each other using molecular methods. Four clinical isolates were related to water isolates. Groups of indistinguishable clinical isolates were identified. The groups of identical clinical isolates suggest a common source of exposure.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MD-58 A, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Phone: (919) 966-0658. Fax: (919) 966-0655. E-mail: hilborn.e{at}epa.gov

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 6 June 2008.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2008, p. 4966-4968, Vol. 74, No. 15
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02900-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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