A Novel Rapidly Growing Mycobacterium Species Causing an Abdominal Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocyst Infection | Zendy

Cory K. Hussain | Zendy; Tom J. B. de Man | Zendy; Nadege C. Toney | Zendy; Kamal Kamboj | Zendy; Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat | Zendy; Shuhua Wang | Zendy

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A Novel Rapidly Growing Mycobacterium Species Causing an Abdominal Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocyst Infection

Author(s) -

Cory K. Hussain,

Tom J. B. de Man,

Nadege C. Toney,

Kamal Kamboj,

Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat,

Shuhua Wang

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofw146

Subject(s) - medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , meningitis , nontuberculous mycobacteria , abdominal pain , nausea , isolation (microbiology) , mycobacterium abscessus , mycobacterium , surgery , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , tuberculosis

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a rare cause of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections. We describe the isolation and identification of a novel, rapidly growing, nonpigmented NTM from an abdominal cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst. The patient presented with fevers, nausea, and abdominal pain and clinically improved after shunt removal. NTM identification was performed by amplicon and whole-genome sequencing.

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