Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium kansasii
Elder, J.L.; Edwards, F.G.; Abrahams, E.W.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 7(1): 8-13
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291 PMID: 266899 Document Number: 119070
Eighteen cases of tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium kansasii have been described. Eleven were from Western Australia and seven from Queensland. The symptoms, X-rays and histology of the disease were indistinguishable from those due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but the organisms were resistant to streptomycin, para-amino-salicylic (PAS) and isoniazid, but sensitive to ethionamide and cycloserine, and in most cases sensitive to rifampicin and ethambutol. All 18 cases were treated with some form of chemotherapy; three also had surgery.