Severe Pulmonary Disease Caused by Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis

Abstract

Severe Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis-pulmonary disease was diagnosed in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman in Greece; the disease was initially treated as tuberculosis. The patient responded favorably to a new treatment regimen of azithromycin, amikacin, moxifloxacin, and linezolid. Complete symptom resolution and radiologic improvement resulted.

Keywords

• pulmonary disease
• nontuberculous mycobacteria
• Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis
• bacteria
• respiratory infections
• Greece