Two cases of Mycobacterium microti-induced culture-negative tuberculosis

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep;47(9):3038-40. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00772-09. Epub 2009 Jul 1.

Abstract

We present descriptions of two human Mycobacterium microti infections: one of a patient with pulmonary disease and one of a patient with osteomyelitis of the hip. Both patients had acid-fast bacilli and a positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex PCR from clinical specimens, but mycobacterial cultures remained negative. The microbiological diagnosis was established by molecular methods.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Hip / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium / classification
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*