Mycobacterium malmoense: an underestimated nontuberculous mycobacterium

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Jan;66(1):98-100. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.07.004. Epub 2009 Sep 3.

Abstract

We present a case report of Mycobacterium malmoense in a 53-year-old white man. The incidence of M. malmoense infections is a rare event compared with other nontuberculous mycobacteria, but it has increased since 1980, especially in northern Europe. Many patients have disposing underlying diseases. In most cases, it is a pulmonary infection. The most frequent used antibiotics are rifampicin (or rifabutin), ethambutol, and clarithromycin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular