Mycobacterium chimaera Disseminated Infection
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery
Ten case reports of disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with cardiovascular surgery were published from Europe. We report 3 cases of disseminated M chimaera infections with histories of aortic graft and/or valvular surgery within the United States. Two of 3 patients demonstrated ocular involvement, a potentially important clinical finding.
متن کاملDisseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Presenting as Vertebral Osteomyelitis
Mycobacterium chimaera, a member of the Mycobacterium avium complex, is a slow-growing, nontuberculous mycobacterium associated with outbreaks in cardiac-surgery patients supported on heart-lung machines. We report a case of an elderly woman on chronic prednisone who presented with a six-month history of worsening chronic back pain, recurrent low-grade fevers, and weight loss. Imaging identifie...
متن کاملDisseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection.
Over the last two decades, a rising proportion of mycobacterial infections have been caused by nontuberculous species such as Mycobacterium chelonae.1-3 Belonging to the M. fortuitum complex,4 M. chelonae is an acidfast bacillus (AFB) that grows rapidly compared with the more common M. tuberculosis. Disseminated cutaneous manifestations are the most common presentations and occur in patients wh...
متن کاملEtymologia: Mycobacterium chimaera
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011;84:30–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ ajtmh.2011.10-0472 5. Sánchez A, Huber FD, Massari V, Barreto A, Camacho LA, Cesconi V, et al. Extensive Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulation in a highly endemic prison and the need for urgent environmental interventions. Epidemiol Infect. 2012;140:1853–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268811002536 6. Carbone AS, Paião DS, Sgarbi R...
متن کاملMycobacterium chimaera pulmonary infection complicating cystic fibrosis: a case report
BACKGROUND Mycobacterium chimaera is a recently described species within the Mycobacterium avium complex. Its pathogenicity in respiratory tract infection remains disputed. It has never been isolated during cystic fibrosis respiratory tract infection. CASE PRESENTATION An 11-year-old boy of Asian ethnicity who was born on Réunion Island presented to our hospital with cystic fibrosis after a d...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Cases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1923-4155,1923-4163
DOI: 10.14740/jmc3420