Mycobacterium abscessuspulmonary infection complicated with vertebral osteomyelitis in a heart transplant recipient: case report and literature review

Autor:	Rafael San-Juan, Juan F. Delgado, Maria J. Ruiz-Cano, José María Aguado, Mario Fernández-Ruiz, José Tiago Silva, Francisco López-Medrano
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pulmonary infection Disease Mycobacterium abscessus Heart transplant recipient Mycobacterium Immunocompromised Host Risk Factors Clarithromycin Humans Medicine Vertebral osteomyelitis Respiratory Tract Infections Aged Transplantation biology business.industry Osteomyelitis bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents Surgery Treatment Outcome Infectious Diseases Heart Transplantation bacteria Female Solid organ transplantation business
Zdroj:	Transplant Infectious Disease. 17:418-423
ISSN:	1398-2273
DOI:	10.1111/tid.12381
Popis:	Infections produced by Mycobacterium abscessus are emerging in immunosuppressed patients, such as solid organ transplant recipients. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of a vertebral osteomyelitis caused by M. abscessus in a heart transplant recipient, and review the risk factors, manifestations, and therapeutic approaches to this uncommon disease.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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