[Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium africanum].
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by pathogenic species within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). In the present case, a 40-year-old African man was admitted acutely. Despite negative microscopy, anti-TB treatment was initialized. Thirteen hours after hospitalisation, the patient suffered circulatory failure and died. Post mortem material from the lungs and pericardia tested positive for MTBC and was identified as Mycobacterium africanum by a new molecular method that enables identification of six of the eight MTBC species and provides clinicians with species-specific results.
Mykobakteriologisk Laboratorium, Statens Serum Institut, DK-2300 København S, Denmark.
Dorte
D
Bek
Marianne Kirstine
MK
Kjeldsen
Zaza
Z
Kamper-Jørgensen
Nikolaj Friis
NF
Hansen
Erik Michael
EM
Rasmussen
D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D001344:Autopsy; D003718:Denmark; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology