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Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia

We report a case of disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection in a patient who was treated with chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia. We discuss the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of this unusual infection in neutropenic patients.

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Autores principales: Roukens, Anna Helena, Mendels, Elodie J., Verbeet, Nicolette L., von dem Borne, Peter A., Nicolae-Cristea, Alina R., Bentvelsen, Robbert G., van Doorn, Remco, de Boer, Mark G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4324231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25734171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu103
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author Roukens, Anna Helena
Mendels, Elodie J.
Verbeet, Nicolette L.
von dem Borne, Peter A.
Nicolae-Cristea, Alina R.
Bentvelsen, Robbert G.
van Doorn, Remco
de Boer, Mark G.
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Mendels, Elodie J.
Verbeet, Nicolette L.
von dem Borne, Peter A.
Nicolae-Cristea, Alina R.
Bentvelsen, Robbert G.
van Doorn, Remco
de Boer, Mark G.
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spelling pubmed-43242312015-03-02 Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Roukens, Anna Helena Mendels, Elodie J. Verbeet, Nicolette L. von dem Borne, Peter A. Nicolae-Cristea, Alina R. Bentvelsen, Robbert G. van Doorn, Remco de Boer, Mark G. Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Reports We report a case of disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection in a patient who was treated with chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia. We discuss the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of this unusual infection in neutropenic patients. Oxford University Press 2014-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4324231/ /pubmed/25734171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu103 Text en © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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Roukens, Anna Helena
Mendels, Elodie J.
Verbeet, Nicolette L.
von dem Borne, Peter A.
Nicolae-Cristea, Alina R.
Bentvelsen, Robbert G.
van Doorn, Remco
de Boer, Mark G.
Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_full Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_fullStr Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_short Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_sort disseminated cutaneous mycobacterium chelonae infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia
topic Brief Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4324231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25734171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofu103
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