Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacterial species other than Mycobacterium tuberculous and Mycobacterium leprae [1]. They are environmental organisms which have been implicated in a wide array of clinical syndromes. Here we describe a case of a Mycobacterium fortuitum complex liver abscess...
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| author | Anthony Robateau Colón Eibhlin Higgins Nicholas Boire Nathan Cummins Kymberly D. Watt |
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| description | Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacterial species other than Mycobacterium tuberculous and Mycobacterium leprae [1]. They are environmental organisms which have been implicated in a wide array of clinical syndromes. Here we describe a case of a Mycobacterium fortuitum complex liver abscess in a liver transplant recipient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e50e615e1dc4d5aa7dfc63ed28cde222023-03-16T05:04:38ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092023-01-0131e01722Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscessAnthony Robateau Colón0Eibhlin Higgins1Nicholas Boire2Nathan Cummins3Kymberly D. Watt4Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USADivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USADivision of Anatomical and Clinical Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Correspondence to: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacterial species other than Mycobacterium tuberculous and Mycobacterium leprae [1]. They are environmental organisms which have been implicated in a wide array of clinical syndromes. Here we describe a case of a Mycobacterium fortuitum complex liver abscess in a liver transplant recipient.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425092300046XNTMLiver abscessTransplant recipientMycobacterial disease |
| spellingShingle | Anthony Robateau Colón Eibhlin Higgins Nicholas Boire Nathan Cummins Kymberly D. Watt Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess IDCases NTM Liver abscess Transplant recipient Mycobacterial disease |
| title | Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess |
| title_full | Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess |
| title_fullStr | Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess |
| title_short | Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess |
| title_sort | non tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess |
| topic | NTM Liver abscess Transplant recipient Mycobacterial disease |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221425092300046X |
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