Mycobacterium heckeshornense tenosynovitis

Sylvain Godreuil From the Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]

Helene Marchandin From the Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France

Dominique Terru From the Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France

Vincent Le Moing Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France

Michel Chammas Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Chirurgie de la Main, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France

Veronique Vincent Laboratoire de Référence des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Estelle Jumas-Bilak Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Montpellier, France

Philippe Van De Perre From the Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France

Christian Carriere From the Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France

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Abstract

We describe the first case of tenosynovitis due to Mycobacterium heckeshornense, a mycobacterium characterized in 2000 and only incriminated in a few previous cases of infections. Molecular identification of this pathogen included 16S rRNA and hsp65 gene sequencing. M. heckeshornense may cause a wide spectrum of human infectious diseases and may be underestimated due to its phenotypic relatedness with Mycobacterium xenopi.

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