Puthalapattu Swathy, Metersky Mark L
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Conn Med. 2011 Oct;75(9):527-9.
Mycobacterium nebraskense is a scotochromogenic mycobacterium first isolated from sputum samples of five patients at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. M. nebraskense was first identified as a pathogen in an immunocompetent host, also in Nebraska. In this case report, we describe a patient with nodular pulmonary disease most likely due to M. nebraskense, who was successfully treated with rifampin and azithromycin, representing the first case in which this organism was a pathogen outside of Nebraska and the first description of successful treatment of this infection.
内布拉斯加分枝杆菌是一种暗产色分枝杆菌，最初从内布拉斯加大学医学中心的5名患者痰液样本中分离得到。内布拉斯加分枝杆菌首次被鉴定为免疫功能正常宿主中的病原体，同样也是在内布拉斯加州。在本病例报告中，我们描述了一名很可能因内布拉斯加分枝杆菌导致结节性肺病的患者，该患者接受利福平和阿奇霉素治疗成功，这是该病原体在内布拉斯加州以外成为病原体的首例病例，也是该感染成功治疗的首次报道。
