title: A case report of vascular catheter-associated bacteremia caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis in a non-immunosuppressed patient
abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from a central venous catheter in a non-immunosuppressed patient with systemic tuberculosis. This case report represents a very uncommon form of isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A total improvement was obtained after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Microbiologia Clinica, Instituto Especializado em Pesquisa e Diagnostico, Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Petrillo
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Amaral
authors.initials: Jd
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Jardim
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Severo