Disseminated Mycobacterium simiae infection in a non-immunosuppressed patient in the USA
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Mycobacterium simiae is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) endemic to the southwestern United States, the Middle East and Cuba, and has been isolated from tap water, including municipal water [1]. Although NTM form an integral part of the environment, they have potential to cause clinical disease in immunocompromised hosts [2–4]. M. simiae most commonly causes pulmonary disease, however, bone and genitourinary system involvement has also been described with disseminated disease occurring in the immunocompromised hosts, especially patients with HIV infection and a CD4 count< 50 cells/mm [5–8]. Herein we describe a case of vertebral M. simiae infection in an immunocompetent patient.
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