Refractory bacteremia and osteomyelitis resulting in fatal bacteremic pneumonia with multiorgan failure caused by Mycobacterium simiae in a non-human immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adult

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov;47(11):3777-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00627-09. Epub 2009 Sep 2.

Abstract

Bacteremic pneumonia caused by Mycobacterium simiae in non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has rarely been reported. We describe a non-HIV-infected adult with refractory bacteremia, osteomyelitis, and colonization of M. simiae in the respiratory tract who subsequently developed fatal bacteremic pneumonia. The isolate was confirmed as M. simiae by 16S rRNA gene analysis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Bacteremia / complications*
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology*
  • Osteomyelitis / complications*
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy*
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S