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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3362-3366, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00592-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Case of Disseminated Mycobacterium bolletii Infection in a Young Adult Patient{triangledown}

Won-Jung Koh,1 O. Jung Kwon,1 Nam Young Lee,2 Yoon-Hoh Kook,3 Hyung-Ki Lee,3 and Bum-Joon Kim3*

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine,1 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea,2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cancer Research Institute, and SNUMRC, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea3

Received 23 March 2009/ Returned for modification 8 June 2009/ Accepted 29 July 2009

Mycobacterium bolletii is a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium first characterized in 2006. Here, we report a case of disseminated infection caused by M. bolletii in a young adult patient. To our knowledge, this is the first case of disseminated M. bolletii infection in an otherwise healthy young adult.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cancer Research Institute, and SNUMRC, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, South Korea. Phone: 822-740-8316. Fax: 822-743-0881. E-mail: kbumjoon{at}snu.ac.kr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 12 August 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3362-3366, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00592-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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