Pulmonary infection with mycobacterium malmoense—A review of treatment and response

Comparison of IS6110 and ‘short fragment’ devR (Rv3133c) gene targets with phenotypic methods for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

“…Pseudomycobacterial infections due to incomplete sterilization of needles have been reported. 6,7,12,13 Genotypic assays are purported to evolve as the new gold standard in MTB diagnosis. They can detect MTB in smear/ culture negative specimens and non-cultivable bacteria from patients under therapy till 5e11 months.…”

“…The genotypic tests take few hours, are highly sensitive and specific and especially useful in cases of tubercular meningitis. 6,7 Major disadvantages include requirement of robust infrastructure, inherent PCR associated problems and need to complement them with culture based tests.…”

Isolation of <i> Mycobacterium malmoense</i> in the island of Crete, Greece

“…[6] According to another study, 92% of a series of patients from whom M. malmoense was cultured even as a single isolation had evidence of active pulmonary disease, something that has also been validated by more recent reports. [3,7] Despite the fact that in the United States there was an increasing number of isolates, the number of patients with conÞ rmed M. malmoense infection remains low. [8] The organism has been isolated mainly from respiratory specimens but also from lymph nodes (especially in children where the disease presents as lymphadenitis), stools, cutaneous, tendon and synovial biopsies [8] and abscess pus.…”

“…Only few cases caused by varied species have been reported. [1,[4][5][6][7][8][9] To the best of our knowledge, this is the Þ rst report of renal zygomycosis (mucormycosis) caused by Apophysomyces elegans from the south of the country, in a patient who was otherwise healthy.…”

The First Surgical Treatment Case of Pulmonary Mycobacterium malmoense Infection in Japan

“…(2), and our case also met these criteria. In addition, some reports stated that pulmonary M. malmoense infection was mainly complicated by chronic obstructive lung disease, such as pneumoconiosis, chronic airway infection, or pulmonary emphysema (7,8,9). Moreover, it was reported that M. malmoense infection was usually observed among HIV-negative people (2,10 (2,10,11,(13)(14)(15) …”