A case report of disseminated Mycobacterium colombiense infection in an HIV patient.

Authors :: Pena E
Machado D
Viveiros M
Jordão S
Source :: International journal of mycobacteriology [Int J Mycobacteriol] 2019 Jul-Sep; Vol. 8 (3), pp. 295-297.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: Mycobacterium colombiense is a newly recognized member of the Mycobacterium avium complex, and only a few cases of infections caused by this pathogen have been reported. We present an imported case of disseminated disease caused by M. colombiense in an HIV patient in early February 2017.<br />Competing Interests: None

Subjects :: Abdomen diagnostic imaging
Abdomen microbiology
Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use
DNA, Bacterial genetics
HIV Infections complications
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium avium Complex genetics
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection drug therapy
Panama
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
HIV Infections microbiology
Mycobacterium avium Complex pathogenicity
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection blood
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection diagnostic imaging

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