Disseminated Mycobacterium tilburgii infection complicated by pulmonary non-tuberculosis mycobacteriosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A case report and literature review
Mycobacterium tilburgii is non-culturable; therefore, when acid-fast bacilli are detected in smear microscopy without subsequent culture growth, clinicians should consider the possibility of M. tilburgii infection and conduct thorough investigations.
Authors
- Hidetaka Yanagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1734-0840)
- Miki Miyazawa
- Satoshi Arakawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4948-0239)
- Akiko Takaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0592-5737)
- Akifumi Hisada
- Tsukasa Nozaki
- Kazuo Umezawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5875-7645)
- Satomi Asai
- Yukari Tanabe
- Kentaro Wakamatsu
- Satoshi Mitarai
- Yuki Sakai
Institutions
- Tokai University (JP)
- Japan Anti Tuberculosis Association (JP)
- Omuta hospital (JP)
- Tokai University Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000047989
- Primary Topic
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00