Two cases of Mycobacterium microti-induced culture-negative tuberculosis

Eefje de Jong; Rob J Rentenaar; Rob van Pelt; Wiel de Lange; Wim Schreurs; Dick van Soolingen; Patrick D J Sturm

doi:10.1128/JCM.00772-09

Two cases of Mycobacterium microti-induced culture-negative tuberculosis

Eefje de Jong^*, Rob J Rentenaar, Rob van Pelt, Wiel de Lange, Wim Schreurs, Dick van Soolingen, Patrick D J Sturm

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Abstract

We present descriptions of two human Mycobacterium microti infections: one of a patient with pulmonary disease and one of a patient with osteomyelitis of the hip. Both patients had acid-fast bacilli and a positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex PCR from clinical specimens, but mycobacterial cultures remained negative. The microbiological diagnosis was established by molecular methods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3038-3040
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	47
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00772-09
Publication status	Published - Sept 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Hip/microbiology
Humans
Lung/microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium/classification
Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular/diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis

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