Two New Cases of Pulmonary Infection by Mycobacterium shigaense, Japan

Abstract

We report 2 case-patients in Japan with Mycobacterium shigaense pulmonary infections. One patient was given aggressive treatment and the other conservative treatment, according to distinctive radiologic evidence. A close phylogenetic relationship based on whole-genome sequencing was found between strain from the conservatively treated patient and a reference strain of cutaneous origin.

Keywords

• Mycobacterium shigaense
• bacteria
• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• nontuberculous mycobacteria
• respiratory infections
• infection