From NTM (Nontuberculous mycobacterium) to Gordonia bronchialis-A Diagnostic Challenge in the COPD Patient.

ABSTRACT: In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory infections are of various aetiology, predominantly viral and bacterial. However, due to structural and immunological changes within the respiratory system, such patients are also prone to mycobacterial and other relatively rare infections. We present the 70-year old male patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and coexisting bronchial asthma, diagnosed due to cough with purulent sputum expectoration lasting over three months. The first microbiological investigation of the sputum sample revealed the growth of mycobacteria. The identification test based on protein MPT64 production indicated an organism belonging to NTM (nontuberculous mycobacterium). However, further species identification by genetic testin

SUBMITTER: Franczuk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8871261 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature