First case of disseminated Mycobacterium bolletii infection in a young adult patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3362-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00592-09. Epub 2009 Aug 12.

Abstract

Mycobacterium bolletii is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium first characterized in 2006. Here, we report a case of disseminated infection caused by M. bolletii in a young adult patient. To our knowledge, this is the first case of disseminated M. bolletii infection in an otherwise healthy young adult.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycobacterium / classification*
  • Mycobacterium / genetics
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Tomography
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/FJ607775
  • GENBANK/FJ607776
  • GENBANK/FJ607777
  • GENBANK/FJ607778