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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 1998, p. 587-588, Vol. 36, No. 2
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Fatal Pulmonary Infection with Mycobacterium celatum in an Apparently Immunocompetent Patient

Irene Bux-Gewehr,1 Hans P. Hagen,1 Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes,2 and Gerhard E. Feurle1,*

I. Medizinische Klinik, DRK-Krankenhaus Neuwied, 56564 Neuwied,1 and Forschungszentrum Borstel, 23845 Borstel,2 Germany

Received 2 May 1997/Returned for modification 31 May 1997/Accepted 5 November 1997

Mycobacterium celatum is a recently described mycobacterium isolated from patients who have suppressed cell-mediated immunity, such as AIDS. We present here, to our knowledge, the first report of a fatal pulmonary infection caused by M. celatum in a 73-year-old immunocompetent female patient. The mycobacterium was identified by a 16S rRNA sequence analysis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: DRK-Krankenhaus Neuwied, Marktstrasse 74, 56564 Neuwied, Germany. Phone: 49-2631-981401. Fax: 49-2631-981040. E-mail: bux-gewehr{at}t-online.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 1998, p. 587-588, Vol. 36, No. 2
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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