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Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection complicated with vertebral osteomyelitis in a heart transplant recipient: case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Silva J.T.,
LópezMedrano F.,
FernándezRuiz M.,
SanJuan R.,
RuizCano M.J.,
Delgado J.F.,
Aguado J.M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12381
Subject(s) - medicine , vertebral osteomyelitis , mycobacterium abscessus , osteomyelitis , heart transplantation , pulmonary infection , pulmonary disease , intensive care medicine , mycobacterium , transplantation , immunology , pathology , surgery , tuberculosis
Infections produced by Mycobacterium abscessus are emerging in immunosuppressed patients, such as solid organ transplant recipients. We report the first case, to our knowledge, of a vertebral osteomyelitis caused by M. abscessus in a heart transplant recipient, and review the risk factors, manifestations, and therapeutic approaches to this uncommon disease.

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