Disseminated infection with a mycobacterium related to Mycobacterium triplex with central nervous system involvement associated with AIDS

Valérie Zeller; Anne-Lyse Nardi; Chantal Truffot-Pernot; Wladimir Sougakoff; Bruno Stankoff; Christine Katlama; François Bricaire

doi:10.1128/JCM.41.6.2785-2787.2003

Disseminated infection with a mycobacterium related to Mycobacterium triplex with central nervous system involvement associated with AIDS

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jun;41(6):2785-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2785-2787.2003.

Authors

Valérie Zeller¹, Anne-Lyse Nardi, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Wladimir Sougakoff, Bruno Stankoff, Christine Katlama, François Bricaire

Affiliation

¹ Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Fédération de Neurologie, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France. [email protected]

Abstract

We report on a case of disseminated infection with central nervous system involvement due to an atypical mycobacterium related to Mycobacterium triplex in a severely immunodepressed human immunodeficiency virus-infected man.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
Adult
Central Nervous System Diseases / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / classification*
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / genetics
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

GENBANK/AJ535505