Catheter-related bloodstream Mycobacterium wolinskyi infection in an umbilical cord blood transplant recipient: a case report

Catheter-related bloodstream Mycobacterium wolinskyi infection in an umbilical cord blood transplant recipient: a case report

Abstract Background Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI), caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM), is a rare infectious complication in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients and can often be misdiagnosed as Gram-positive rod (GPR) bacteremia. Case presentation We presen...

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Main Authors: Emiri Muranaka, Ryota Hase, Yoshikazu Utsu, Tomohisa Watari, Yoshihito Otsuka, Naoto Hosokawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium wolinskyi
Rapidly growing mycobacteria
Umbilical cord blood transplant
Unidentifiable Gram-positive rods
Case report
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07495-z

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