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KMID : 1100720130330050356
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Annals of Laboratory Medicine
2013 Volume.33 No. 5 p.356 ~ p.359
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First Case of Mycobacterium longobardum Infection
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Hong Sung-Kuk
Sung Ji-Yeon
Lee Hyuk-Jin
Oh Myung-Don
Park Sung-Sup
Kim Eui-Chong
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Abstract
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Mycobacterium longobardum is a slow-growing, nontuberculous mycobacterium that was first characterized from the M. terrae complex in 2012. We report a case of M. longobardum induced chronic osteomyelitis. A 71-yr-old man presented with inflammation in the left elbow and he underwent a surgery under the suspicion of tuberculous osteomyelitis. The pathologic tissue culture grew M. longobardum which was identified by analysis of the 65-kDa heat shock protein and full-length 16S rRNA genes. The patient was cured with the medication of clarithromycin and ethambutol without further complications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a M. longobardum infection worldwide.
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KEYWORD
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Mycobacterium longobardum, Nontuberculous mycobacteria, Osteomyelitis
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