Severe hypercalcemia in a patient with extrapulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus: granuloma or immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome? First case of Mycobacterium abscessus presenting as retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy with severe hypercalcemia: a case report and literature review

Background: Nontuberculous mycobacterium is a recognized cause of hypercalcemia, particularly in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Here we describe a case of severe hypercalcemia secondary to Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) in a patient with AIDS. To the best of our kno...

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Autores principales: Abdulfattah, Omar, Rahman, Ebad Ur, Shweta, FNU, Datar, Praveen, Alnafoosi, Zainab, Trauber, David, Sam, Mirela, Enriquez, Danilo, Schmidt, Frances
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30559940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1539057

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