Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd., 100 Taipei, Taiwan.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov;47(11):3777-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00627-09. Epub 2009 Sep 2.
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.
分枝杆菌引起的菌血症性肺炎在非人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)感染患者中很少见。我们描述了一例非 HIV 感染的成年患者,该患者出现难治性菌血症、骨髓炎和分枝杆菌在呼吸道定植,随后发展为致命性菌血症性肺炎。该分离株通过 16S rRNA 基因分析确认为分枝杆菌。