"Mycobacterium tilburgii" infection in two immunocompromised children: Importance of molecular tools in culture-negative mycobacterial disease diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4409-4411

  Hartwig, Nico G ^a   Warris, Adilia ^b   Van De Vosse, Esther ^c   Van Der Zanden, Adri G M ^d   Schülin Casonato, Tanja ^b   Van Ingen, Jakko ^b   Van Hest, Rob ^e  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health   (Netherlands)

^e Regional Public Health Service Rotterdam Rijnmond   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TILBURGII; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULIN TEST; VACCINATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 82455174841     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05460-11     Document Type: Article

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