Unusual clinical presentation of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in an immunocompetent woman.

J Clin Microbiol

Departimento de Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Policlinico Universitario Monserrato, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

Published: May 2007

The Mycobacterium fortuitum group of rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria is an uncommon cause of renal infection, particularly in otherwise healthy hosts. We describe a case of nephritis due to M. fortuitum in an immunocompetent woman with a clinical and radiological diagnosis of renal tuberculosis.

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