title: Tuberculosis-like peritonitis due to an atypical Mycobacterium infection in a Japanese woman.
abstract: It is not known whether atypical Mycobacterium (AM) causes peritonitis in humans. We described a case of tuberculosis-like peritonitis caused by an AM. Genetic analysis of the biopsy specimens suggested an AM infection. Thus, we concluded that peritonitis in humans can be caused by some AM species as well as by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
authors.affiliation: Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Maebashi-shi, Gunma 371-0052, Japan. kimura-hi@pref.gunma.jp
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshizumi
authors.forename: Misa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukagoshi
authors.forename: Toshinobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Kunihisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kozawa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Hisanori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minakami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001706:Biopsy; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C505805:rpoB protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases