Mycobacterium malmoense: an underestimated nontuberculous mycobacterium

Pierre Abgueguen; Valérie Rabier; Chetaou Mahaza; Anne Warot; Jean Marie Chennebault; Eric Pichard

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.07.004

Mycobacterium malmoense: an underestimated nontuberculous mycobacterium

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Jan;66(1):98-100. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.07.004. Epub 2009 Sep 3.

Authors

Pierre Abgueguen¹, Valérie Rabier, Chetaou Mahaza, Anne Warot, Jean Marie Chennebault, Eric Pichard

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, 49933 Angers Cedex 9, France. [email protected]

PMID: 19733030
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.07.004

Abstract

We present a case report of Mycobacterium malmoense in a 53-year-old white man. The incidence of M. malmoense infections is a rare event compared with other nontuberculous mycobacteria, but it has increased since 1980, especially in northern Europe. Many patients have disposing underlying diseases. In most cases, it is a pulmonary infection. The most frequent used antibiotics are rifampicin (or rifabutin), ethambutol, and clarithromycin.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use
Humans
Lung Diseases / diagnosis
Lung Diseases / drug therapy
Lung Diseases / microbiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
Radiography, Thoracic
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Antibiotics, Antitubercular