Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection in a patient with adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome: case report

Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection in a patient with adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome: case report

Case presentation We herein present the first case of adult-onset immunodeficiency due to AIGAs complicated with disseminated M. chimaera infection. Further immunological evaluation, including AIGAs, may be warranted in otherwise healthy patients who present with disseminated mycobacterial infection...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC infectious diseases 2022-08, Vol.22 (1), p.1-665, Article 665
Hauptverfasser: Lin, Yi-Fu, Lee, Tai-Fen, Wu, Un-In, Huang, Chun-Fu, Cheng, Aristine, Lin, Kuan-Yin, Hung, Chien-Ching
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Sprache:eng
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Anti-interferon-γ antibodies
Antibiotics
Antigens
Antimicrobial agents
Appetite loss
Autoantibodies
Biopsy
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case reports
Clinical outcomes
Colonoscopy
Complications and side effects
Computed tomography
Cough
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Dyspnea
Endocarditis
Enzymes
Epidemics
Fever
Genetic predisposition
Heart surgery
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Immune system
Immunodeficiency
Immunoglobulins
Immunological deficiency syndromes
Immunology
Immunosuppression
Immunosuppressive agents
Infections
Interferon
Laboratories
Lung diseases
Lungs
Lymph nodes
Lymphadenopathy
Lymphatic system
Mycobacterial infections
Mycobacterium avium complex
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Patients
Phosphatase
Positron emission
Positron emission tomography
Prostheses
Respiration
Sputum
Surgery
Tomography
Ulcers
Virulence
γ-Interferon
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Zusammenfassung:Case presentation We herein present the first case of adult-onset immunodeficiency due to AIGAs complicated with disseminated M. chimaera infection. Further immunological evaluation, including AIGAs, may be warranted in otherwise healthy patients who present with disseminated mycobacterial infection.
ISSN:1471-2334
1471-2334
DOI:10.1186/s12879-022-07656-0