Mycobacterium saskatchewanense strain associated with a chronic kidney disease patient in an Italian transplantation hospital and almost misdiagnosed as Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Apr;40(4):496-497. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.6. Epub 2019 Feb 15.

Authors

Giuseppina Di Mento¹, Anna Paola Carreca², Francesco Monaco¹, Nicola Cuscino¹, Francesca Cardinale¹, Pier Giulio Conaldi¹, Bruno Douradinha¹

Affiliations

¹ Unità di Medicina Rigenerativa e Biotecnologie Avanzate,Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione,Palermo,Italy.
² Unità di Medicina Rigenerativa ed Immunologia,Fondazione Ri.MED,Palermo,Italy.

PMID: 30767828
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.6

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Databases, Genetic
Diagnostic Errors
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium / drug effects*
Mycobacterium / genetics
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification
Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections / drug therapy*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Transplants

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents