Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with myelofibrosis: case report and concise review

A 70-year-old patient having massive refractory ascites in the course of idiopathic myelofibrosis was diagnosed of peritoneal extramedullary hematopoiesis and developed an overwhelming nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. The case describes this unusual infection and highlights the need for addit...

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Autores principales: Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar, Martinez-Barranco, Pilar, Velasco, Maria, Villafuerte-Gutierrez, Paola, Losa, Juan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.268
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author Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar
Martinez-Barranco, Pilar
Velasco, Maria
Villafuerte-Gutierrez, Paola
Losa, Juan
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description A 70-year-old patient having massive refractory ascites in the course of idiopathic myelofibrosis was diagnosed of peritoneal extramedullary hematopoiesis and developed an overwhelming nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. The case describes this unusual infection and highlights the need for additional studies to confirm the etiology of ascites in primary myelofibrosis.
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spelling pubmed-44988582015-07-16 Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with myelofibrosis: case report and concise review Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar Martinez-Barranco, Pilar Velasco, Maria Villafuerte-Gutierrez, Paola Losa, Juan Clin Case Rep Case Reports A 70-year-old patient having massive refractory ascites in the course of idiopathic myelofibrosis was diagnosed of peritoneal extramedullary hematopoiesis and developed an overwhelming nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. The case describes this unusual infection and highlights the need for additional studies to confirm the etiology of ascites in primary myelofibrosis. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-06 2015-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4498858/ /pubmed/26185644 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.268 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar
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Velasco, Maria
Villafuerte-Gutierrez, Paola
Losa, Juan
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with myelofibrosis: case report and concise review
title Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with myelofibrosis: case report and concise review
title_full Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with myelofibrosis: case report and concise review
title_fullStr Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with myelofibrosis: case report and concise review
title_full_unstemmed Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with myelofibrosis: case report and concise review
title_short Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with myelofibrosis: case report and concise review
title_sort nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a patient with myelofibrosis: case report and concise review
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.268
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