Mycobacterium genavense infection in a solid organ recipient: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
Transpl Infect Dis
; 18(1): 125-31, 2016 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26688125
ABSTRACT
Renal transplant recipients are highly susceptible to infections caused by uncommon pathogens because of their immunocompromised state. We report a case of disseminated Mycobacterium genavense infection in a patient with a combined renal and cardiac transplant. Diagnosing M. genavense infections remains a challenge because of the absence of specific clinical symptoms in combination with the difficulties of culturing the organism using standard mycobacterial culture procedures. This clinical case demonstrates the importance of molecular techniques as part of the initial work-up in order to rapidly establish the diagnosis.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Coração
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Transplante de Rim
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Micobactérias não Tuberculosas
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Infecções por Mycobacterium não Tuberculosas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Transpl Infect Dis
Assunto da revista:
TRANSPLANTE
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Bélgica