Mycobacterium heckeshornense tenosynovitis.
We describe the first case of tenosynovitis due to Mycobacterium heckeshornense, a mycobacterium characterized in 2000 and only incriminated in a few previous cases of infections. Molecular identification of this pathogen included 16S rRNA and hsp65 gene sequencing. M. heckeshornense may cause a wide spectrum of human infectious diseases and may be underestimated due to its phenotypic relatedness with Mycobacterium xenopi.
Godreuil
Sylvain
S
Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France. godreuil@yahoo.fr
Marchandin
Helene
H
Terru
Dominique
D
Le Moing
Vincent
V
Chammas
Michel
M
Vincent
Veronique
V
Jumas-Bilak
Estelle
E
Van De Perre
Philippe
P
Carriere
Christian
C
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000382:microbiology*