Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Pulmonary Infection with Mycobacterium Celatum in Immunocompetent Host: The First Case Report in Korea

면역적격성인에서 발생한 Mycobacterium celatum 폐 감염증 1예

  • Kim, Deog-Kyeom (Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Bum-Joon (Department of Microbiology and Cancer Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kook, Yoon-Ho (Department of Microbiology and Cancer Research Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Chun-Taek (Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yoo, Churl-Gyoo (Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Whan (Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Han, Sung-Koo (Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University) ;
  • Shim, Young-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute, College of Medicine, Seoul National University)
  • 김덕겸 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 폐 연구소) ;
  • 김범준 (서울대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실 및 암 연구센터) ;
  • 국윤호 (서울대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실 및 암 연구센터) ;
  • 이춘택 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 폐 연구소) ;
  • 유철규 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 폐 연구소) ;
  • 김영환 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 폐 연구소) ;
  • 한성구 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 폐 연구소) ;
  • 심영수 (서울대학교 의과대학 내과학교실 및 폐 연구소)
  • Published : 1999.11.30
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Abstract

Mycobacterium celatum is a recently described nontuberculous mycobacterium. Even though pulmonary or lymphatic infection cases were reported previously in human, the clinical significance of the infection with M. celatum is not yet understood completely. Mast infections with this species occurred in the patients with suppressed cell-mediated immunity such as AIDS, and there are only a few cases of pulmonary infection with M. celatum in immunocompetent adults or infants in the world. In Korea, mycobacterial pulmonary infection is a major problem of respiratory disease but, there has been no pulmonary infection with M. celatum reported. We report, to our knowledge, the first Korean case of pulmonary infection with M. celatum, which was identified by rpoB genomic sequencing.

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