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Disseminated Infection by Mycobacterium sherrisii and Histoplasma capsulatum in an African HIV-Infected Patient

2013; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 88; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4269/ajtmh.12-0572

ISSN

1476-1645

Autores

Juan Taján, Mateu Espasa, Montserrat Sala, M.R. Martínez Navarro, Bernat Font, Julián González-Martín, Ferrán Segura,

Tópico(s)

Infectious Diseases and Mycology

Resumo

Mycobacterium sherrisii is a new species of opportunistic, slow-growing, non-tuberculous Mycobacterium closely related to Mycobacterium simiae that can currently be identified with the sequence of 16S rARN gene and the heat-shock protein 65. Few cases of patients infected by this Mycobacterium have been reported and all of them were associated with human immunodeficiency virus or other immunosuppressive conditions. Clinical management is complex, because there is not a clear correlation between the in vitro antibiotic susceptibility testing and the patient's clinical outcome.

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