A case of mild pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium shimoidei with a favorable outcome.
We describe a case of mild Mycobacterium shimoidei disease with a favorable course after treatment. Characteristics of nine M. shimoidei isolates in Italy between 1989 and 2009 were also reviewed. The M. shimoidei genome was highly conserved. Based on antimicrobial susceptibility, the combination of ethambutol, clarithromycin, and rifabutin appears to be a reasonable treatment.
Clinic of Infectious Diseases, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Nadia
N
Galizzi
Enrico
E
Tortoli
Andrea
A
Gori
Fulvia
F
Morini
Giuseppe
G
Lapadula
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C105078:RNA polymerase beta subunit