A case report of disseminated Mycobacterium colombiense infection in an HIV patient

Eduarda Pena; Diana Machado; Miguel Viveiros; Sofia Jordão

doi:10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_100_19

A case report of disseminated Mycobacterium colombiense infection in an HIV patient

Int J Mycobacteriol. 2019 Jul-Sep;8(3):295-297. doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_100_19.

Authors

Eduarda Pena¹, Diana Machado², Miguel Viveiros², Sofia Jordão¹

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Department, Matosinhos Local Health Unit, Matosinhos, Portugal.
² Unit of Medical Microbiology, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

PMID: 31512608
DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_100_19

Abstract

Mycobacterium colombiense is a newly recognized member of the Mycobacterium avium complex, and only a few cases of infections caused by this pathogen have been reported. We present an imported case of disseminated disease caused by M. colombiense in an HIV patient in early February 2017.

Keywords: Disseminated disease; HIV; Mycobacterium colombiense.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Abdomen / diagnostic imaging
Abdomen / microbiology
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
HIV Infections / complications
HIV Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium avium Complex / genetics
Mycobacterium avium Complex / pathogenicity*
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / blood*
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / diagnostic imaging*
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / drug therapy
Panama
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Antitubercular Agents
DNA, Bacterial