Mycobacterium abscessus Meningitis Associated with Stem Cell Treatment During Medical Tourism

Mycobacterium abscessus infections have been reported as adverse events related to medical tourism. We report M. abscessus meningitis in a patient who traveled from Colorado, USA, to Mexico to receive intrathecal stem cell injections as treatment for multiple sclerosis. We also review the management...

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Autores principales: Wolf, Andrew B., Money, Kelli M., Chandnani, Arun, Daley, Charles L., Griffith, David E., Chauhan, Lakshmi, Coffman, Nathan, Piquet, Amanda L., Tyler, Kenneth L., Zimmer, Shanta M., Montague, Brian T., Mann, Sarah, Pastula, Daniel M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37486227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230317
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author Wolf, Andrew B.
Money, Kelli M.
Chandnani, Arun
Daley, Charles L.
Griffith, David E.
Chauhan, Lakshmi
Coffman, Nathan
Piquet, Amanda L.
Tyler, Kenneth L.
Zimmer, Shanta M.
Montague, Brian T.
Mann, Sarah
Pastula, Daniel M.
author_facet Wolf, Andrew B.
Money, Kelli M.
Chandnani, Arun
Daley, Charles L.
Griffith, David E.
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Tyler, Kenneth L.
Zimmer, Shanta M.
Montague, Brian T.
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Pastula, Daniel M.
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description Mycobacterium abscessus infections have been reported as adverse events related to medical tourism. We report M. abscessus meningitis in a patient who traveled from Colorado, USA, to Mexico to receive intrathecal stem cell injections as treatment for multiple sclerosis. We also review the management of this challenging central nervous system infection.
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spelling pubmed-103708542023-08-01 Mycobacterium abscessus Meningitis Associated with Stem Cell Treatment During Medical Tourism Wolf, Andrew B. Money, Kelli M. Chandnani, Arun Daley, Charles L. Griffith, David E. Chauhan, Lakshmi Coffman, Nathan Piquet, Amanda L. Tyler, Kenneth L. Zimmer, Shanta M. Montague, Brian T. Mann, Sarah Pastula, Daniel M. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Mycobacterium abscessus infections have been reported as adverse events related to medical tourism. We report M. abscessus meningitis in a patient who traveled from Colorado, USA, to Mexico to receive intrathecal stem cell injections as treatment for multiple sclerosis. We also review the management of this challenging central nervous system infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10370854/ /pubmed/37486227 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230317 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Wolf, Andrew B.
Money, Kelli M.
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Daley, Charles L.
Griffith, David E.
Chauhan, Lakshmi
Coffman, Nathan
Piquet, Amanda L.
Tyler, Kenneth L.
Zimmer, Shanta M.
Montague, Brian T.
Mann, Sarah
Pastula, Daniel M.
Mycobacterium abscessus Meningitis Associated with Stem Cell Treatment During Medical Tourism
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title_fullStr Mycobacterium abscessus Meningitis Associated with Stem Cell Treatment During Medical Tourism
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title_short Mycobacterium abscessus Meningitis Associated with Stem Cell Treatment During Medical Tourism
title_sort mycobacterium abscessus meningitis associated with stem cell treatment during medical tourism
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37486227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230317
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