Open AccessUnusual Clinical Presentation of Mycobacterium fortuitum Infection in an Immunocompetent Woman
Author(s) -
C Serra,
G. Loi,
B Saddi,
Marisa Pautasso,
Aldo Manzin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00119-07
Subject(s) - mycobacterium fortuitum , nontuberculous mycobacteria , tuberculosis , medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , presentation (obstetrics) , mycobacterium infections , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium , nephritis , pathology , biology , surgery
The Mycobacterium fortuitum group of rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria is an uncommon cause of renal infection, particularly in otherwise healthy hosts. We describe a case of nephritis due to M. fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman with a clinical and radiological diagnosis of renal tuberculosis.