Two cases of Mycobacterium microti-induced culture-negative tuberculosis.
We present descriptions of two human Mycobacterium microti infections: one of a patient with pulmonary disease and one of a patient with osteomyelitis of the hip. Both patients had acid-fast bacilli and a positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex PCR from clinical specimens, but mycobacterial cultures remained negative. The microbiological diagnosis was established by molecular methods.
de Jong
Eefje
E
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. e.dejong@mmb.umcn.nl
Rentenaar
Rob J
RJ
van Pelt
Rob
R
de Lange
Wiel
W
Schreurs
Wim
W
van Soolingen
Dick
D
Sturm
Patrick D J
PD
D006615:Hip / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*