Respiratory tract isolation of Mycobacterium europaeum following influenza infection in an immunocompromised patient: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mycobacterium europaeum, a slow-growing nontuberculous mycobacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium simiae complex, was described after the seminal characterization of five isolates collected from three sputum specimens and a jaw gland biopsy in Italy, Greece and Sweden. Five respiratory tract isolates were further reported in Iran. Here, we report the first isolation of M. europaeum in France, in the respiratory tract of a patient co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus.

Case presentation

A 49-year-old Caucasian woman with a 26-year history of human immunodeficiency virus-hepatitis C virus co-infection was admitted for significant influenza-like syndrome in a context of repetitive exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

SUBMITTER: Phelippeau M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4307153 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature