Urinary Mycobacterium szulgai infection in an immunocompetent patient

South Med J. 2009 Sep;102(9):979-81. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181b16bdf.

Abstract

Mycobacterium szulgai is one of the nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and rarely causes diseases in human beings, particularly in immunocompetent patients. Less than 1% of all cases of NTM infection are caused by M szulgai, but the incidence is continuously increasing. Although extrapulmonary infections have been reported, most M szulgai infections are associated with pulmonary diseases. However, to our knowledge, a urinary tract infection caused by M szulgai has never before been reported. Here we report an immunocompetent female who experienced a urinary tract infection caused by M szulgai and was successfully treated with 4 months of isoniazid, rifampin, and levofloxacin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Isoniazid / therapeutic use
  • Levofloxacin
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / immunology
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / drug therapy
  • Urinary Tract Infections / immunology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Levofloxacin
  • Ofloxacin
  • Isoniazid
  • Rifampin