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Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient Receiving an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor for Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50:194-195
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- American Society for Microbiology, 2012.
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Abstract
- We report a case of disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection in a patient with head and neck cancer on salvage chemotherapy, including the epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor cetuximab. Mycobacterium chelonae should be considered in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous infections in cancer patients receiving epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Biopsy
Salvage treatment
Cetuximab
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous
Mycobacterium chelonae
Antineoplastic Agents
Case Reports
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
medicine
Humans
Epidermal growth factor receptor
Skin
Microscopy
integumentary system
biology
medicine.diagnostic_test
Histocytochemistry
Head and neck cancer
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Cancer
Skin Diseases, Bacterial
Middle Aged
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Cancer research
biology.protein
Female
Differential diagnosis
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1098660X and 00951137
- Volume :
- 50
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....034215a3119c53c5e05239a98d5cdb46
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.05399-11