About two cases of Mycobacterium simiae infection in AIDS: review of the pathogenicity

B Vandercam; JL Gala; J Gerain; J Degraux; A Bourlond; R Colebunders; C Pirard; F Portaels

doi:10.1080/17843286.1998.11754166

About two cases of Mycobacterium simiae infection in AIDS: review of the pathogenicity

B Vandercam, JL Gala, J Gerain, J Degraux, A Bourlond, R Colebunders, C Pirard, F Portaels

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Abstract

Mycobacterium simiae is an ubiquitous species rarely involved as a cause of human infection. Its pathogenicity remains therefore unclear and controversial. Disseminated infections with M. simiae occur rarely and only 7 cases have been reported in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). At least, two were mixed infections caused by M. simiae and M. avium-intracellulare.

We report the case of two AIDS patients presenting with pure M. simiae infections : one was a disseminated infection and the other a pulmonary infection. Epidemiology and pathogenicity of M. simiae in pulmonary, extra-pulmonary and disseminated infections are reviewed.

Original language	English
Journal	Acta Clinica Belgica
Volume	53
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	206-212
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0001-5512
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17843286.1998.11754166
Publication status	Published - 1998

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Viral diseases
HIV
AIDS
Bacterial diseases
Mycobacterium simiae
Pathogenicity
Case reports
Burundi
Africa-Central
Belgium
Europe-West

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