Mycobacterium gordonae in Patient with Facial Ulcers, Nosebleeds, and Positive T-SPOT.TB Test, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jul;23(7):1204-1206. doi: 10.3201/eid2307.162033.

Abstract

Mycobacterium gordonae is often regarded as a weak pathogen that only occasionally causes overt disease. We report a case of M. gordonae infection in the facial skin, nasal mucosa, and paranasal sinus in an immunocompetent patient and review previous cases. The T-SPOT.TB test might be useful in diagnosing such cases.

Keywords: China; Mycobacterium gordonae; T-SPOT.TB; interferon-gamma release tests; nontuberculous mycobacteria; nose diseases; nosebleed; skin diseases; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; ulcer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • China
  • Epistaxis / diagnosis*
  • Epistaxis / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria* / classification
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria* / genetics
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculin Test
  • Ulcer / diagnosis*
  • Ulcer / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents