https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2006.573

Pulmonary Mycobacterium Simiae infection and HTLV1 infection: an incidental co-infection or a predisposing factor?

Vol. 65 No. 2 (2006): Pulmonary series
Submitted: February 12, 2016
Accepted: February 12, 2016
Published: February 15, 2016
Mycobacterium simiae, Pulmonary infection, human T lymphothropic virus Type I
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S.M. Mirsaeidi
mmir2@lycos.com
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
P. Tabarsi
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
A. Mardanloo
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
G. Ebrahimi
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
M. Amiri
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
P. Farnia
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
M. Sheikhleslami
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
V. Bakayev
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
F. Mohammadi
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
S.D. Mansouri
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
M.R. Masjedi
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
A.A. Velayati
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shaheed Beheshti university of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
There is little information on atypical mycobacterium and human T lymphothropic virus Type I (HTLV-I) co-infection. We present the first case of pulmonary M. simiae infection in co-infection with HTLV-1, confirmed by ELISA antibody test and Western Blot. We discuss the clinical characteristics and laboratory tests of the patient and presumptive immunological relation. We propose that in patients with the HTLV infection and pulmonary symptoms and signs compatible with tuberculosis, evaluation for atypical mycobacteriosis may be recommendable.

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Mirsaeidi, S.M., P. Tabarsi, A. Mardanloo, G. Ebrahimi, M. Amiri, P. Farnia, M. Sheikhleslami, V. Bakayev, F. Mohammadi, S.D. Mansouri, M.R. Masjedi, and A.A. Velayati. 2016. “Pulmonary Mycobacterium Simiae Infection and HTLV1 Infection: An Incidental Co-Infection or a Predisposing Factor?”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 65 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2006.573.

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