Mycobacterium marinum, a further infectious agent associated with sarcoidosis: the polyetiology hypothesis

Oswald Moling; Leonardo A Sechi; Stefania Zanetti; Christine Seebacher; Patrizia Rossi; Giovanni Rimenti; Leonardo Pagani; Claudio Vedovelli

doi:10.1080/00365540500277540

Mycobacterium marinum, a further infectious agent associated with sarcoidosis: the polyetiology hypothesis

Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(2):148-52. doi: 10.1080/00365540500277540.

Authors

Oswald Moling¹, Leonardo A Sechi, Stefania Zanetti, Christine Seebacher, Patrizia Rossi, Giovanni Rimenti, Leonardo Pagani, Claudio Vedovelli

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Ospedale Generale, Bolzano, Italy. molosw@hotmail.com

PMID: 16449013
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500277540

Abstract

A 39-y-old male had a diagnosis of sarcoidosis and corticosteroid therapy was started. Surprisingly, following his discharge from hospital, Mycobacterium marinum was isolated in 1 of 3 sputum samples taken 7 weeks earlier on admission. After this, Mycobacterium marinum-DNA was identified in the stored lung biopsies by the PCR-RFLP of the hsp65 gene.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Chaperonin 60
Chaperonins / genetics
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / complications*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis
Mycobacterium marinum / classification
Mycobacterium marinum / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium marinum / pathogenicity
Sarcoidosis / etiology*
Sarcoidosis / microbiology

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Chaperonin 60
heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium
Chaperonins