O'Dwyer John Philip, O'Connor John Gerard, McDermott Helene, Sheehan Stella, Fanning Noel Francis, Corcoran Gerard Dan, Sweeney Brian
Cork University Hospital, Neurology, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
BMJ Case Rep. 2009;2009. doi: 10.1136/bcr.03.2009.1696. Epub 2009 Nov 22.
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria are fastidious, difficult organisms to identify, but are increasingly associated with human disease. We report a case of meningoencephalitis associated with Mycobacterium malmoense and Mycobacterium interjectum co-isolation from cerebrospinal fluid. Recognition of these slow growing mycobacteria is important due to differences from standard mycobacterial treatments. We illustrate the rare occurrence of M malmoense as a central nervous system isolate, appearing almost unique among non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
非结核分枝杆菌是挑剔、难以鉴定的微生物,但与人类疾病的关联日益增加。我们报告一例脑膜脑炎病例,从脑脊液中共同分离出马尔默分枝杆菌和中间分枝杆菌。由于与标准抗分枝杆菌治疗方法存在差异,识别这些生长缓慢的分枝杆菌很重要。我们举例说明了马尔默分枝杆菌作为中枢神经系统分离株的罕见情况,这在非结核分枝杆菌中几乎是独一无二的。