From Peruvian mummies to living humans: first case of pulmonary tuberculosis caused by <i>Mycobacterium pinnipedii</i>
Zmak L, Obrovac M, Jankovic Makek M, Perko G, Trkanjec JT
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2019-12
Abstract
The zoonotic potential of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex species is well known. However, M. pinnipedii , the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB) predominantly in seals and sea lions, has never been isolated from a respiratory specimen in humans. Here we describe the first known human case of pulmonary TB caused by M. pinnipedii in a 79-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic respiratory disease. The epidemiological data did not explain where the patient was exposed to M. pinnipedii , thus leaving the source of transmission unknown.
MeSH terms
- Animals
- Humans
- Mycobacterium
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- Zoonoses
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Fatal Outcome
- Aged
- Croatia
- Female
- Caniformia