Isolation of Mycobacterium europaeum from a clinical sample in China: report of genome sequence and literature review.

Abstract

Mycobacterium europaeum, of Mycobacterium simiae complex, is a rare nontuberculous mycobacterium associated with human diseases. We report a case with an isolate from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and summarize M. europaeum cases from literature. M. europaeum may cause respiratory infections and colonization in immunocompromised, elderly, and/or chronic pulmonary illness patients.