Mycobacterium kumamotonense in the cervical region in an immunocompetent patient, clinical case report in Mexico

J Infect Dev Ctries. 2019 Dec 31;13(12):1165-1169. doi: 10.3855/jidc.11935.

Abstract

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection has increased significantly in recent years, especially in emerging countries. We present the case of a 25-year-old male patient, immunocompetent, with cervical lymphadenopathy, identifying Mycobacterium kumamotonense, a rare species in extrapulmonary forms and with a high drug resistance index.

Keywords: Mycobacterium kumamotonense; Non-tuberculous mycobacteria; cervical lymphadenopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Chaperonin 60 / genetics
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Lymphadenopathy / microbiology
  • Male
  • Mexico
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / immunology
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
  • Neck
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / classification*
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / genetics
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / pathogenicity
  • Phylogeny

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Chaperonin 60
  • heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium