First Case of Mycobacterium longobardum Infection.
10.3343/alm.2013.33.5.356
- Author:
Sung Kuk HONG
1
;
Ji Yeon SUNG
;
Hyuk Jin LEE
;
Myung Don OH
;
Sung Sup PARK
;
Eui Chong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. euichong@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Mycobacterium longobardum;
Nontuberculous mycobacteria;
Osteomyelitis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use;
Bacterial Proteins/genetics;
Chaperonin 60/genetics;
Clarithromycin/therapeutic use;
Elbow/pathology;
Ethambutol/therapeutic use;
Humans;
Male;
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/*microbiology;
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/classification/genetics/*isolation & purification;
Osteomyelitis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*microbiology/pathology;
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics;
Treatment Outcome
- From:Annals of Laboratory Medicine
2013;33(5):356-359
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
