중심정맥도관 사용과 관련된 Mycobacterium fortuitum에 의한 혈류 감염

Atypical mycobacterial infections are increasing, especially such as skin and soft tissue abscess, wound infection, pneumonia, lymphadenitis, and disseminated disease. Atypical mycobacteria could infect immunocompromised patients with more severe bacteremia by central venous catheter. Catheter-related infection often develops due to catheter colonization, hematogenous infection, skin and exit site infection, and infusion-fluid contamination. We experienced a case of catheter-related blood stream infection by Mycobacterium fortuitum. He was 15-year old man with non-Hodgkin`s lymphoma, stage IVb. After 13 days of chemotherapy, he visited our hospital due to fever. M. fortuitum was identified on blood culture, and we used cefoxitin and amikacin for 4 weeks and then change to trimethoprime/sulfamethoxazole. (Korean J Med 69:S994-S998, 2005)