2006 Volume 80 Issue 3 Pages 262-266
We report a case of blood stream infection due to Mycobacterium goodii in a patient who had an implanting pacemaker. The patient injured left thorax where the pacemaker was implanted several days before septicemia. The microorganism was isolated from both blood cultures and leads of the pacemaker. The serial isolates were identified as M. goodii by conventional biochemical methods, tobramycin susceptibility test and 16Sr-RNA sequencing.
This is the first reported case of M. goodii septicemia in Japan. M. goodii is regarded as an environmental bacterium and its pathogenicity has been recognized recently. The present case suggests that its ability as a primary invader should not be underestimated, especially in a patient with indwelling devices.
