Pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium massiliense.
We report a case of a patient suffering from multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (MDR-PTB) who later developed an invasive infection of the respiratory tract with a rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), recently identified as Mycobacterium massiliense, closely related to M. abscessus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of M. massiliense infection being reported from India.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. susami2@gmail.com
Subhra
S
Mitra
S Roy
SR
Tapadar
D
D
Banerjee
S
S
Bhattacharjee
Sunanda
S
Dey
S
S
Kundu
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents