Tuberculosis-like peritonitis due to an atypical Mycobacterium infection in a Japanese woman

Hirokazu Kimura; Masakazu Yoshizumi; Misa Iijima; Toshio Tsukagoshi; Toshinobu Nishimura; Masahiko Kato; Yukio Morita; Ryota Tanaka; Kunihisa Kozawa; Masahiro Fujita; Masaru Kojima; Hisanori Minakami

Tuberculosis-like peritonitis due to an atypical Mycobacterium infection in a Japanese woman

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2006 Jun;59(3):189-91.

Authors

Hirokazu Kimura¹, Masakazu Yoshizumi, Misa Iijima, Toshio Tsukagoshi, Toshinobu Nishimura, Masahiko Kato, Yukio Morita, Ryota Tanaka, Kunihisa Kozawa, Masahiro Fujita, Masaru Kojima, Hisanori Minakami

Affiliation

¹ Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Maebashi-shi, Gunma 371-0052, Japan. kimura-hi@pref.gunma.jp

PMID: 16785702

Abstract

It is not known whether atypical Mycobacterium (AM) causes peritonitis in humans. We described a case of tuberculosis-like peritonitis caused by an AM. Genetic analysis of the biopsy specimens suggested an AM infection. Thus, we concluded that peritonitis in humans can be caused by some AM species as well as by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Biopsy
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
Female
Humans
Japan
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / genetics
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
Peritonitis, Tuberculous / microbiology*
Peritonitis, Tuberculous / pathology
Phylogeny

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
rpoB protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases