Isolation of Mycobacterium arupense from pleural effusion: culprit or not?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycobacterium arupense, first identified in 2006, is a slow-growing nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) and an emerging cause of tenosynovitis, potentially associated with immunosuppression. However, unlike the diagnostic value of its isolation from osteoarticular specimens, the significance of detecting M. arupense in respiratory specimens is not yet clear.

Case presentation

To our knowledge, we, for the first time, described the identification of M. arupense from the pleural effusion of an immunocompetent patient, who presented with fever and chylothorax. The symptoms resolved with doxycycline treatment for 45 days and a low-fat, high-protein diet. Follow-up at 14 months showed no relapse.

Conclusions

Because the patient fully recovered without combined an

SUBMITTER: Zhou X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5952631 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature