High rates of Mycobacterium fortuitum isolation in respiratory samples from Iranian patients with suspected tuberculosis: is it clinically important?

CONCLUSION: These results demonstrated the high frequency of M. fortuitum in respiratory samples and that this bacterium causes transient infection or colonization in patients with underlying pulmonary conditions, such as cystic fibrosis and cigarette smoking-induced. Additionally, it appears that infection with M. fortuitum is particularly common and may be important in patients with HIV. PMID: 30052175 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research