Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in children with cancer
| Autor: | David R Jenkins, J. C. Graham, D. A. Tweddle, C. Pollitt, S.J. Pedler |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Mycobacterium Infections Nontuberculous Mycobacterium chelonae Wilms Tumor Immunocompromised Host Medical microbiology Internal medicine medicine Retrospective analysis Humans biology Paediatric oncology business.industry Cancer General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Kidney Neoplasms Cancer registry Catheter Infectious Diseases El Niño Child Preschool Immunology business Medulloblastoma |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 17:394-397 |
| ISSN: | 1435-4373 0934-9723 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01691568 |
| Popis: | Reported here is the clinical presentation and management of patients with rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection diagnosed in a paediatric oncology unit. A retrospective analysis that correlated patient isolates with the children's cancer registry revealed two cases of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection; both had been observed within the last 6 years and were due to Mycobacterium chelonae. The first case was line-associated and the second was a disseminated infection. In both cases the patients were lymphopenic and had had indwelling vascular catheters. Neither patient was neutropenic. The literature on mycobacterial infection in children with cancer is also reviewed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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