Unusual clinical presentation of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in an immunocompetent woman.
The Mycobacterium fortuitum group of rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria is an uncommon cause of renal infection, particularly in otherwise healthy hosts. We describe a case of nephritis due to M. fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman with a clinical and radiological diagnosis of renal tuberculosis.
Serra
Corrado
C
Departimento de Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Policlinico Universitario Monserrato, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Loi
Giovanni
G
Saddi
Barbara
B
Pautasso
Marisa
M
Manzin
Aldo
A
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015242:Ofloxacin