Fatal disseminated Mycobacterium simiae infection in a non-HIV patient.
We report a fatal case of disseminated Mycobacteriumsimiae infection in an immunocompetent elderly man with fever of unknown origin. The diagnosis was based on culture isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from cerebrospinal fluid and bronchoalveolar lavage. Both culture isolates were identified as M. simiae by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
Balkis
Maher M
MM
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Kattar
Mireille M
MM
Araj
George F
GF
Kanj
Souha S
SS
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S