Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 59 (3), 189-191, 2006
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Short Communication
Tuberculosis-Like Peritonitis Due to an Atypical Mycobacterium Infection in a Japanese Woman
Hirokazu Kimura*, Masakazu Yoshizumi, Misa Iijima1, Toshio Tsukagoshi1, Toshinobu Nishimura1, Masahiko Kato, Yukio Morita, Ryota Tanaka1, Kunihisa Kozawa, Masahiro Fujita, Masaru Kojima1 and Hisanori Minakami2
Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Gunma 371-0052; 1Gunma Prefectural Cancer Center, Gunma 373-8550; and 2Department of Obstetrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sappro 060-8638, Japan
(Received January 18, 2006. Accepted April 4, 2006)
*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, 378 Kamioki-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma 371-0052, Japan. Tel: +81-27-232-4881, Fax: +81-27-234-8438C E-mail: kimura-hi@pref.gunma.jp
SUMMARY: It is not known whether atypical Mycobacterium (AM) causes peritonitis in humans. We described a case of tuberculosis-like peritonitis caused by an AM. Genetic analysis of the biopsy specimens suggested an AM infection. Thus, we concluded that peritonitis in humans can be caused by some AM species as well as by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.