Pulmonary Mycobacterium intermedium disease in an elderly man with healed pulmonary tuberculosis.
A 76-year-old man with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis was found to be sputum smear positive for acid-fast bacilli. The 16S rRNA sequence identified the culture isolate as Mycobacterium intermedium, the pathogenicity of which has not been confirmed. Chemotherapy with isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol resulted in clinical improvement.
Ito
Akihide
A
Institute of Medical Science, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, 2-5 Ainosato, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0028072, Japan. aito@hoku-iryo-u.ac.jp
Kishi
Fujiya
F
Saito
Nariyoshi
N
Kazumi
Yuko
Y
Mitarai
Satoshi
S
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S