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Disseminated Mycobacterium sherrisii infection in a US-born, HIV-infected patient.
- Source :
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Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care [J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care] 2013 Jul-Aug; Vol. 12 (4), pp. 245-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 May 21. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Mycobacterium sherrisii was first described as a novel species in 2004 but recently has begun to be more formally recognized with the use of new sequencing techniques. There have only been about 10 cases reported internationally, and we report the first case of M sherrisii in the United States. The mycobacterium was isolated from acid-fast bacilli cultures of a specimen obtained from a bronchoalveolar lavage and blood in a newly diagnosed HIV-infected, US-born patient presenting with sepsis. The patient was started on streptomycin, ethambutol, azithromycin, and rifampin with an improved clinical course. This report indicates the clinical presentation along with the varying drug susceptibilities to the emerging M sherrisii.
- Subjects :
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections drug therapy
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Azithromycin therapeutic use
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid microbiology
Drug Therapy, Combination
Ethambutol therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium isolation & purification
Mycobacterium Infections drug therapy
Rifampin therapeutic use
Sepsis drug therapy
Sepsis microbiology
Streptomycin therapeutic use
United States
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections diagnosis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2325-9574
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23695226
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2325957413488175