First human isolate of Mycobacterium madagascariense in the sputum of a patient with tracheobronchitis.

*Corresponding author: Jordi Camps, Centre de Recerca Biom e dica, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, C. Sant Joan s/n, 43201 Reus, Catalonia, Spain, Phone: + 34 977 310300, E-mail: jcamps@grupsagessa.com Frederic Ballester: Laboratori de Refer e ncia de Catalunya SUD , Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Reus, Catalonia , Spain Fernando Alcaide: Department of Microbiology , IDIBELL-Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia , Spain ; and Red Espa n ola de Investigaci o n en Patolog i a Infecciosa (REIPI) , Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid , Spain Isabel Pujol: Laboratori de Refer e ncia de Catalunya SUD , Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Reus, Catalonia , Spain Salvador Hern a ndez-Flix: Department of Internal Medicine , Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Reus, Catalonia , Spain Josep M. Sim o: Laboratori de Refer e ncia de Catalunya SUD , Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Reus, Catalonia , Spain Jorge Joven: Unitat de Recerca Biom e dica , Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Institut d ’ Investigaci o Sanit a ria Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Catalonia , Spain Jordi Camps: Unitat de Recerca Biom e dica , Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Institut d ’ Investigaci o Sanit a ria Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Catalonia , Spain