Table 1. Summary of all reported cases of human infections with Mycobacterium microti*.

Case-patient no.	Ref	Age, sex, country	Immune status	Infection site	Animal contact	Laboratory findings	Outcome
1	(8)	48 y, M, Germany	HIV positive	Lung	None	Llama type. Good growth in liquid medium. Poor on pyruvate. Drug susceptible. Curved bacilli.	Cured
2	(7,10)	39 y, M, the Netherlands	HIV positive	Lung; lymph nodes	House mice	Cultures negative; curved bacilli in sputum. Vole type on direct spoligotyping.	Cured after prolonged therapy†
3	(7)	12 y, M, the Netherlands	Renal transplant	Lung meninges	None	Vole type. Other details unavailable.	Cured
4	(7)	41 y, M, the Netherlands	Renal transplant	Peritoneal	Wild small rodents	Vole type. Other details unavailable.	Died despite therapy
5	(7)	34 y, M, the Netherlands	Normal	Lung	Lived in mobile home	Vole type. Other details unavailable.	Cured
6	(9)	53 y, M, Germany	Normal	Lung	None	Llama type. AFB film negative. Liquid culture better than pyruvate agar. No growth on normal egg media. Fully drug susceptible. Noncurved bacilli.	Cured
7	(9)	58 y, M, Germany	Diabetic	Lung	None	Vole type. Growth on liquid culture only (poor). Susceptibility not done. Noncurved bacilli.	Cured
8	(5)	Not known; England or Wales	Not known	Not known	Not known	Llama type.	Not known
9 to 12	(5)	Not known; England or Wales	Not known	Not known	Not known	Vole type.	Not known
13	(11)	69 y, sex not known, Germany	Normal	Abdominal/ miliary	Not known	Vole type. Primary culture in liquid. Subculture in solid agar.	Died, despite appropriate therapy

*Ref, reference; M, male; AFB, acid-fast bacilli.
†Three household contacts were found to be tuberculin positive.