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Volume 31, Number 7—July 2025

Etymologia

Scotochromogenic [sko′′to-kro′mo-jǝn-ik]

Christoffel OppermanComments to Author  and Rob Warren
Author affiliation: National Health Laboratory Service, Green Point TB-Laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa (C. Opperman); University of Cape Town, Cape Town (C. Opperman); SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town (R. Warren)

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Slow-growing, scotochromogenic Mycobacterium gordonea, showing smooth, yellow-orange pigmented colonies. The sample was cultured aerobically on 8 mL of solid Löwenstein–Jensen media for 14 days at 37°C without exposure to light. This opportunistic nontuberculous mycobacterium was isolated repeatedly from the sputum of an immunocompromised, HIV-positive patient, who had an absolute CD4 count of 1. Sample processing and culture were performed at the National Health Laboratory Service, Green Point TB-laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa. Vial size is 28 mL. Photograph courtesy of the author.

Figure. Slow-growing, scotochromogenic Mycobacterium gordonea, showing smooth, yellow-orange pigmented colonies. The sample was cultured aerobically on 8 mL of solid Löwenstein–Jensen media for 14 days at 37°C without exposure to light. This opportunistic nontuberculous mycobacterium was isolated repeatedly from the sputum of an immunocompromised, HIV-positive patient, who had an absolute CD4 count of 1. Sample processing and culture were performed at the National Health Laboratory Service, Green Point TB-laboratory, Cape Town, South Africa. Vial size is 28 mL. Photograph courtesy of the author.

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