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First case of Mycobacterium longobardum infection.


ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium longobardum is a slow-growing, nontuberculous mycobacterium that was first characterized from the M. terrae complex in 2012. We report a case of M. longobardum induced chronic osteomyelitis. A 71-yr-old man presented with inflammation in the left elbow and he underwent a surgery under the suspicion of tuberculous osteomyelitis. The pathologic tissue culture grew M. longobardum which was identified by analysis of the 65-kDa heat shock protein and full-length 16S rRNA genes. The patient was cured with the medication of clarithromycin and ethambutol without further complications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a M. longobardum infection worldwide.

SUBMITTER: Hong SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3756241 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First case of Mycobacterium longobardum infection.

Hong Sung Kuk SK   Sung Ji Yeon JY   Lee Hyuk Jin HJ   Oh Myung-Don MD   Park Sung Sup SS   Kim Eui-Chong EC  

Annals of laboratory medicine 20130808 5


Mycobacterium longobardum is a slow-growing, nontuberculous mycobacterium that was first characterized from the M. terrae complex in 2012. We report a case of M. longobardum induced chronic osteomyelitis. A 71-yr-old man presented with inflammation in the left elbow and he underwent a surgery under the suspicion of tuberculous osteomyelitis. The pathologic tissue culture grew M. longobardum which was identified by analysis of the 65-kDa heat shock protein and full-length 16S rRNA genes. The pati  ...[more]

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