Mycobacterium genavense as a cause of subacute pneumonia in patients with severe cellular immunodeficiency. - Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale Access content directly
Journal Articles BMC Infectious Diseases Year : 2011

Mycobacterium genavense as a cause of subacute pneumonia in patients with severe cellular immunodeficiency.

Abstract

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium genavense is a rare nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Human infections are mostly disseminated in the setting of the AIDS epidemic or the use of aggressive immunosuppressive treatments. M. genavense culture is fastidious, requiring supplemented media. Pulmonary involvement rarely occurs as a primary localization. Cases presentation: We report here two patients with pneumonia as the predominant manifestation of M. genavense infection: one kidney transplanted patient and one HIV-infected patient. Both patients were initially treated with anti-tuberculous drugs before the identification of M. genavense on sputum or broncho-alveolar lavage fluid culture. A four-drug regimen including clarithromycin and rifabutin was started. Gamma interferon has been helpful in addition to antimycobacterial treatment for one patient. CONCLUSION: Clinicians should be aware that M. genavense could be the etiologic agent of sub-acute pneumonia mimicking tuberculosis in patients with cellular immunodeficiency status.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
1471-2334-11-311.pdf (506.22 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
1471-2334-11-311.xml (42.07 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origin : Publisher files allowed on an open archive
Format : Other
Loading...

Dates and versions

inserm-00648986 , version 1 (06-12-2011)

Identifiers

Cite

Blandine Rammaert, Louis-Jean Couderc, Elisabeth Rivaud, Patrick Honderlick, David Zucman, et al.. Mycobacterium genavense as a cause of subacute pneumonia in patients with severe cellular immunodeficiency.. BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011, 11 (1), pp.311. ⟨10.1186/1471-2334-11-311⟩. ⟨inserm-00648986⟩
453 View
318 Download

Altmetric

Share

Gmail Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More