Refractory bacteremia and osteomyelitis resulting in fatal bacteremic pneumonia with multiorgan failure caused by Mycobacterium simiae in a non-human immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adult.
Bacteremic pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium simiae in non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has rarely been reported. We describe a non-HIV-infected adult with refractory bacteremia, osteomyelitis, and colonization of M. simiae in the respiratory tract who subsequently developed fatal bacteremic pneumonia. The isolate was confirmed as M. simiae by 16S rRNA gene analysis.
Chung
Kuei-Pin
KP
Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd., 100 Taipei, Taiwan.
Tsai
Tzu-Hsiu
TH
Huang
Yu-Tsung
YT
Hsueh
Po-Ren
PR
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S