Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Presenting as Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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  • Daphne M Moutsoglou
  • Frank Merritt
  • Ethan Cumbler
چکیده

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 identified multilevel vertebral osteomyelitis and lumbar soft-tissue abscess. Abscess culture identified M. chimaera.

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دوره 2017  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2017