Korean J Lab Med.  2007 Apr;27(2):124-127. 10.3343/kjlm.2007.27.2.124.

Isolation of Mycobacterium lentiflavum from a Patient with a Lung Destroyed by Tuberculosis

• Shin S
• Yoon JH
• Song SH
• Kim EC

• KMID: 1781471
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/kjlm.2007.27.2.124

Abstract

Mycobacterium lentiflavum has recently been described as an emerging human pathogen without regard to the immune status of the host. We herein report on M. lentiflavum isolated from a respiratory specimen of a patient. Although the organism described in this case seems to be a colonizer of a lung destroyed by tuberculosis, the current methods for species identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria have to be re-evaluated so as not to underestimate these organisms.

Keyword

Mycobacterium lentiflavum; 16S rRNA gene; Clinical specimen

MeSH Terms

Aged
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium/genetics/*isolation & purification
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis/*microbiology/radiography

Figure

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  Fig. 1. (A) Simple chest PA done on May 13th, 2002: Lung destroyed due to tuberculosis with volume loss of both upper lung field. No definite change since May, 1998. (B) Routine chest CT done on April 25th, 2002: A new nodular lesion on left lower lung field (arrow) compared with October 30th, 2000.

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