Open AccessRefractory Bacteremia and Osteomyelitis Resulting in Fatal Bacteremic Pneumonia with Multiorgan Failure Caused by Mycobacterium simiae in a Non-Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adult
Author(s) -
KueiPin Chung,
Tzu-Hsiu Tsai,
YuTsung Huang,
PoRen Hsueh
Publication year - 2009
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.00627-09
Subject(s) - bacteremia , pneumonia , osteomyelitis , virology , respiratory tract , biology , opportunistic infection , medicine , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , viral disease , antibiotics , respiratory system
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.
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