Volume 21, Number 11—November 2015
Letter
Mycobacterium sherrisii Pulmonary Disease, Burkina Faso
Emanuele Borroni, Gisèle Badoum, Daniela Cirillo, Alberto Matteelli, Isidore Moyenga, Martial Ouedraogo, Alberto Roggi, Nuccia Saleri, Elisa Tagliani, and Enrico Tortoli
Table
Clinical features of and microbiological findings from 4 patients with Mycobacterium sherrisii infection, Burkina Faso, 2012*
| Patient no. | Age, y/sex | HIV status | Smear results | TB treatments | NTM treatment begun | Radiology | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40/F | Negative | 3+ | 2011, 2012 | October 2012 | Cavitation in the right upper lobe. Bilateral apical bronchopneumonia with small pleural effusion in the right lung and basal emphysema. | Lost to follow-up |
| 2 | 33/M | Negative | 2+ | 2011, 2012 | October 2012 | Bilateral apical bronchopneumonia with consolidation in the middle lobe. | Died |
| 3 | 57/M | Negative | 2+ | 2012 | NA | NA | Lost to follow-up |
| 4 |
36/M |
Negative |
3+ |
2011, 2012 |
December 2012 |
Massive bilateral pneumonia |
Died |
| *TB, tuberculosis; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; NA, not applicable. | |||||||
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