Urinary Mycobacterium fortuitum infection

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1990 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Infection, volume 18, pages 105-106 (issn: 0300-8126, eissn: 1439-0973,

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Authors: B, Oren; R, Raz; H, Hass;

doi: 10.1007/bf01641426

pmid: 2332244

Urinary Mycobacterium fortuitum infection

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Abstract

Mycobacterium fortuitum, a common saprophyte usually found in water and soil, can also be isolated from sputum and gastric secretions of healthy carriers. Under certain conditions, significant clinical infections due to M. fortuitum do occur. Urinary tract infections are rarely caused by atypical mycobacteria. This report describes a urinary tract infection caused by M. fortuitum in a 73-year-old patient treated with corticosteroids for bronchial asthma, who was successfully treated with ofloxacin.

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Hadassah Medical Center
Israel

Keywords

Male, Mycobacterium Infections, Ofloxacin, Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous, Urine, Asthma, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Risk Factors, Urinary Tract Infections, Humans, Aged

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