Disseminated Mycobacterium lentiflavum responsible for hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis in a man with a history of heart transplantation.

Difficulties in Diagnosis of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistocytosis: Overdiagnosis or Underdiagnosis A Case Report

Biology and Treatment of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis (HLH) is a hyperinflammatory syndrome that occurs at all ages and is characterized by high levels of cytokines, secreted by activated T-lymphocytes and macrophages. All symptoms and laboratory changes can be explained by organ infiltration by these cells and hypercytokinemia. HLH occurs as an inherited form (genetic, primary HLH) with mutations primarily in the...

Human infections due to Mycobacterium lentiflavum.

Three cases of human disease due to Mycobacterium lentiflavum are reported. In the first, the mycobacterium was responsible for chronic pulmonary disease in an elderly woman; in the second, it gave rise to cervical lymphadenitis in a child; and in the third, it caused a liver abscess in a young AIDS patient.

Acute necrotizing pneumonia combined with parapneumonic effusion caused by Mycobacterium lentiflavum: a case report

BACKGROUND Mycobacterium lentiflavum (M. lentiflavum), a slow growing nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), has recently been described as an emerging human pathogen regardless of the immune status of the host. Previous reports have demonstrated that cervical lymphadenitis of children is the most frequent pathology of M. lentiflavum. However, there are little reports regarding pulmonary diseases ...

Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium lentiflavum CSUR P1491

We announce the draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium lentiflavum strain CSUR P1491, a nontuberculous mycobacterium responsible for opportunistic potentially life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. The genome described here comprises a 6,818,507-bp chromosome exhibiting a 65.75% G+C content, 6,354 protein-coding genes, and 75 RNA genes.