Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease caused by mycobacterium simiae: The first reported case in South Korea

Suk Hyeon Jeong; Su Young Kim; Hyun Lee; Jun Soo Ham; Keum Bit Hwang; Subin Hwang; Sun Hye Shin; Myung Jin Chung; Seung Heon Lee; Sung Jae Shin; Won Jung Koh

doi:10.4046/trd.2015.78.4.432

Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease caused by mycobacterium simiae: The first reported case in South Korea

Suk Hyeon Jeong
, Su Young Kim
, Hyun Lee
, Jun Soo Ham
, Keum Bit Hwang
, Subin Hwang
, Sun Hye Shin
, Myung Jin Chung
, Seung Heon Lee
, Sung Jae Shin
, Won Jung Koh^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This is a report of the first South Korean case of a lung disease caused by Mycobacterium simiae. The patient was a previously healthy 52-year-old female. All serial isolates were identified as M. simiae by multi-locus sequencing analysis, based on hsp65, rpoB, 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer, and 16S rRNA fragments. A chest radiography revealed deterioration, and the follow-up sputum cultures were persistently positive, despite combination antibiotic treatment, including azithromycin, ethambutol, and rifampin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first confirmed case of a lung disease caused by M. simiae in South Korea.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	432-435
Number of pages	4
Journal	Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Volume	78
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2015.78.4.432
Publication status	Published - 2015 Oct 1
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant of the Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry for Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (A120647) and by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2013R1A1A2060552).

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Bronchiectasis
Mycobacterium
Nontuberculous mycobacteria

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Infectious Diseases

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