Journal
ANNALS OF LABORATORY MEDICINE
Volume 33, Issue 5, Pages 356-359Publisher
KOREAN SOC LABORATORY MEDICINE
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2013.33.5.356
Keywords
Mycobacterium longobardum; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Osteomyelitis
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
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.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available