Septic Arthritis of the Right Wrist Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex in an Immunocompetent Patient

Septic arthritis due to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is extremely rare. While MAC infection is classically associated with HIV/AIDS and immunosuppressed states, it may occur in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of MAC septic arthritis of a native wrist joint in an immunocompetent ho...

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Autores principales: Saha, Bibek, Young, Kurtis, Kahili-Heede, Melissa, Lim, Sian Yik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8436997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34532171
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17129
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Young, Kurtis
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description Septic arthritis due to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is extremely rare. While MAC infection is classically associated with HIV/AIDS and immunosuppressed states, it may occur in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of MAC septic arthritis of a native wrist joint in an immunocompetent host. The diagnosis of septic arthritis due to MAC is commonly delayed and initially misdiagnosed, warranting a high level of suspicion to make an accurate and timely diagnosis. Suspecting the diagnosis when there are atypical features present in the clinical history may be crucial in identifying affected patients.
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spelling pubmed-84369972021-09-15 Septic Arthritis of the Right Wrist Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex in an Immunocompetent Patient Saha, Bibek Young, Kurtis Kahili-Heede, Melissa Lim, Sian Yik Cureus Internal Medicine Septic arthritis due to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is extremely rare. While MAC infection is classically associated with HIV/AIDS and immunosuppressed states, it may occur in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of MAC septic arthritis of a native wrist joint in an immunocompetent host. The diagnosis of septic arthritis due to MAC is commonly delayed and initially misdiagnosed, warranting a high level of suspicion to make an accurate and timely diagnosis. Suspecting the diagnosis when there are atypical features present in the clinical history may be crucial in identifying affected patients. Cureus 2021-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8436997/ /pubmed/34532171 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17129 Text en Copyright © 2021, Saha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Saha, Bibek
Young, Kurtis
Kahili-Heede, Melissa
Lim, Sian Yik
Septic Arthritis of the Right Wrist Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex in an Immunocompetent Patient
title Septic Arthritis of the Right Wrist Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_full Septic Arthritis of the Right Wrist Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_fullStr Septic Arthritis of the Right Wrist Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_full_unstemmed Septic Arthritis of the Right Wrist Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_short Septic Arthritis of the Right Wrist Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_sort septic arthritis of the right wrist due to mycobacterium avium complex in an immunocompetent patient
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8436997/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17129
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