Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense infection in a healthy boy

• Published in: Human pathology Vol. 41; no. 11; pp. 1646 - 1649
• Main Authors: Miyoshi, Hiroaki, Tamura, Gen, Satoh, Toshihiko, Homma, Riko, Omoto, Eijiro, Nakano, Noriyuki, Wada, Ryuichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.11.2010; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Bacteria; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Case reports; Chronic illnesses; Colon; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; Drug Therapy, Combination; Histiocytes - microbiology; Histiocytes - pathology; HIV; Hospitals; Human bacterial diseases; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Ileus; Ileus - microbiology; Ileus - pathology; Ileus - surgery; Immunocompetence; Immunocompetentindividuals; Infectious diseases; Intestinal Diseases - diagnosis; Intestinal Diseases - microbiology; Intestinal Diseases - therapy; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Leukemia; Lymph Nodes - microbiology; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymphocytes; Lymphoma; Male; Medical sciences; Mycobacterium - genetics; Mycobacterium - isolation & purification; Mycobacterium genavense; Mycobacterium Infections - diagnosis; Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology; Mycobacterium Infections - therapy; Mycobacteriumgenavense; Pathology; Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques; Polymerase chain reaction; Reptiles & amphibians; Ribosomal DNA; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - analysis; Treatment Outcome; Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections; Mycobacteriumgenavense; Immunocompetentindividuals; Ileus; Human; Mycobacterium genavense; Healthy subject; Mycobacterial infection; Infection; Anatomic pathology; Mycobacteriales; Immunocompetent individuals; Bacteriosis; Mycobacteriaceae; Bacteria; Actinomycetes; Disseminated; Child

Mycobacterium genavense ( M genavense) has been recognized as a life-threatening pathogen in severely immunocompromised patients. To our knowledge, disseminated M genavense infection has never been described in immunocompetent individuals. Here, we report a case of disseminated M genavense infection...