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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1473-1474, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1473-1474.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Pulmonary Mycobacterium intermedium Disease in an Elderly Man with Healed Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Akihide Ito,1* Fujiya Kishi,1 Nariyoshi Saito,2 Yuko Kazumi,3 and Satoshi Mitarai3

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hokkaido Social Insurance Hospital, Nakanoshima, Toyohira-ku,1 Department of Medicine, Sapporo Minami National Hospital, Minami-ku, Sapporo,2 The Reference Centre for Mycobacterium, The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan3

Received 4 August 2004/ Returned for modification 19 October 2004/ Accepted 21 November 2004

A 76-year-old man with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis was found to be sputum smear positive for acid-fast bacilli. The 16S rRNA sequence identified the culture isolate as Mycobacterium intermedium, the pathogenicity of which has not been confirmed. Chemotherapy with isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol resulted in clinical improvement.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Institute of Medical Science, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, 2-5 Ainosato, Kita-ku, Sapporo 0028072, Japan. Phone: 81-11-778-7575. Fax: 81-11-770-5034. E-mail: aito{at}hoku-iryo-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1473-1474, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1473-1474.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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