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Urinary Mycobacterium fortuitum infection

Harnwegsinfektion durch mycobacterium fortuitum

Infection volume 18, pages 105–106 (1990)Cite this article

Summary

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 toM. fortuitum do occur. Urinary tract infections are rarely caused by atypical mycobacteria. This report describes a urinary tract infection caused byM. fortuitum in a 73-year-old patient treated with corticosteroids for bronchial asthma, who was successfully treated with ofloxacin.

Zusammenfassung

Mycobacterium fortuitum ist ein Saprophyt, der für gewöhnlich in Wasser und Erde nachzuweisen ist, aber auch aus Sputum und Magensekret gesunder Träger isoliert wird. Unter bestimmten Bedingungen können schwere klinische Infektionen durchM. fortuitum ausgelöst werden. Harnwegsinfektionen durch atypische Mykobakterien sind selten. Im folgenden Bericht wird eine Harnwegsinfektion durchM. fortuitum bei einem 73 Jahre alten Patienten beschrieben, der wegen Asthma bronchiale mit Kortikosteroiden behandelt wurde. Die Therapie mit Ofloxacin war erfolgreich.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, Central Emek Hospital, 18101, Afula

    B. Oren M. D.

  2. Infectious Diseases Unit, Central Emek Hospital, 18101, Afula

    R. Raz M. D.

  3. Clinical Microbiology Department, Haddassah Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel

    H. Hass Ph. D.

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Oren, B., Raz, R. & Hass, H. Urinary Mycobacterium fortuitum infection. Infection 18, 105–106 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01641426

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Keywords

  • Asthma
  • Corticosteroid
  • Urinary Tract Infection
  • Family Medicine
  • Ofloxacin