Detection of Mycobacterium angelicum in Human Urinary Tract, French Polynesia

We definitively characterized Mycobacterium angelicum, an aquatic zoonotic opportunistic pathogen of the M. szulgai complex, using a polyphasic approach that in-cluded whole-genome sequencing. The sequence was obtained on the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, from a urine specimen collected from a patient experiencing a urinary tract infection.

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We characterized an aquatic zoonotic opportunistic pathogen, Mycobacterium angelicum, which belongs to the M. szulgai complex, using a polyphasic approach that included whole-genome sequencing. The pathogen's sequence was obtained from a urine specimen collected from a patient with a urinary tract infection on the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia.