Mycobacterium paraffinicum causing symptomatic pulmonary infection

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Apr;52(4):1281-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03107-13. Epub 2014 Jan 22.

Abstract

Mycobacterium paraffinicum has been newly recognized as a species. A case of symptomatic pulmonary infection caused by M. paraffinicum is described, and as far as we know, this is the first case of the organism as a human pathogen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium / classification
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / pathology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / pathology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed