The first case of chronic pulmonary Mycobacterium shigaense infection in an immunocompetent patient

H. Fukano; O. Hiranuma; Y. Matsui; S. Tanaka; Y. Hoshino

New Microbes and New Infections (Jan 2020)

The first case of chronic pulmonary Mycobacterium shigaense infection in an immunocompetent patient

H. Fukano,
O. Hiranuma,
Y. Matsui,
S. Tanaka,
Y. Hoshino

Affiliations

H. Fukano: Leprosy Research Centre, Department of Mycobacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
O. Hiranuma: Otsu City Hospital, Shiga, Japan
Y. Matsui: Otsu City Hospital, Shiga, Japan
S. Tanaka: Otsu City Hospital, Shiga, Japan
Y. Hoshino: Leprosy Research Centre, Department of Mycobacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Corresponding author: Y. Hoshino, Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Centre, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-2-1 Aoba, Higashi-Murayama, Tokyo, Japan.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33

Abstract

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Mycobacterium shigaense has recently been recognized as an emerging human pathogen, and is well known as a skin pathogen in immunocompromised individuals. In this report we describe the first case of chronic pulmonary infectious disease caused by M. shigaense in an immunocompetent individual. Keywords: Chest computed tomography (CT) images, emerging infectious diseases, immunocompetent, Mycobacterium shigaense, Mycobacterium simiae complex, Pulmonary disease, skin disease

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/new-microbes-and-new-infections/

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