Tuberculosis-like peritonitis due to an atypical Mycobacterium infection in a Japanese woman.
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.
Kimura
Hirokazu
H
Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Maebashi-shi, Gunma 371-0052, Japan. kimura-hi@pref.gunma.jp
Yoshizumi
Masakazu
M
Iijima
Misa
M
Tsukagoshi
Toshio
T
Nishimura
Toshinobu
T
Kato
Masahiko
M
Morita
Yukio
Y
Tanaka
Ryota
R
Kozawa
Kunihisa
K
Fujita
Masahiro
M
Kojima
Masaru
M
Minakami
Hisanori
H
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
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C505805:rpoB protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases