A case report of vascular catheter-associated bacteremia caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis in a non-immunosuppressed patient
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.
Petrillo
VF
Laboratorio de Microbiologia Clinica, Instituto Especializado em Pesquisa e Diagnostico, Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Amaral
AA
Moreira
Jd
Jardim
SB
Severo
LC