Mycobacterium chimaera Pulmonary Disease in Cystic Fibrosis Patients, France, 2010–2017

Abstract

We report Mycobacterium chimaera pulmonary disease in 4 patients given a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in a university hospital in Montpellier, France. All patients had M. chimaera–positive expectorated sputum specimens, clinical symptoms of pulmonary exacerbation, or a decrease in spirometry test results that improved after specific treatment.

Keywords

• Mycobacterium chimaera
• bacteria
• Mycobacterium avium complex
• tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
• nontuberculosis mycobacteria
• NTM