Clinical and radiological deterioration due to Mycobacterium szulgai in an asthmatic patient

Majid Marjani; Nahal Mansouri; Payam Tabarsi; Parvaneh Baghaei; Parissa Farnia; Fatemeh-Maryam Sheikholslami; Davood Mansouri

doi:10.3855/jidc.1537

Clinical and radiological deterioration due to Mycobacterium szulgai in an asthmatic patient

J Infect Dev Ctries. 2012 Jan 12;6(1):89-91. doi: 10.3855/jidc.1537.

Authors

Majid Marjani¹, Nahal Mansouri, Payam Tabarsi, Parvaneh Baghaei, Parissa Farnia, Fatemeh-Maryam Sheikholslami, Davood Mansouri

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [email protected]

PMID: 22240435
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1537

Abstract

We report the case of a 23-year-old asthmatic woman who had clinical and radiological deterioration due to Mycobacterium szulgai infection and good response to anti-mycobacterial treatment without any structural abnormalities in previous lung imaging studies. M. szulgai may be considered a pathogen able to cause deterioration of respiratory health even in patients with previously normal lungs.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Asthma / complications*
Asthma / drug therapy
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases / diagnosis
Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Diseases / microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnostic imaging*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / drug effects
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / genetics
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
Radiography
Sputum / microbiology
Young Adult

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents