Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacterial species other than Mycobacterium tuberculous and Mycobacterium leprae [1]. They are environmental organisms which have been implicated in a wide array of clinical syndromes. Here we describe a case of a Mycobacterium fortuitum complex liver abscess...

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Autores principales: Robateau Colón, Anthony, Higgins, Eibhlin, Boire, Nicholas, Cummins, Nathan, Watt, Kymberly D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9969053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36860283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01722
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author Robateau Colón, Anthony
Higgins, Eibhlin
Boire, Nicholas
Cummins, Nathan
Watt, Kymberly D.
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description Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacterial species other than Mycobacterium tuberculous and Mycobacterium leprae [1]. They are environmental organisms which have been implicated in a wide array of clinical syndromes. Here we describe a case of a Mycobacterium fortuitum complex liver abscess in a liver transplant recipient.
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spelling pubmed-99690532023-02-28 Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess Robateau Colón, Anthony Higgins, Eibhlin Boire, Nicholas Cummins, Nathan Watt, Kymberly D. IDCases Case Report Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacterial species other than Mycobacterium tuberculous and Mycobacterium leprae [1]. They are environmental organisms which have been implicated in a wide array of clinical syndromes. Here we describe a case of a Mycobacterium fortuitum complex liver abscess in a liver transplant recipient. Elsevier 2023-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9969053/ /pubmed/36860283 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01722 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess
title Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess
title_full Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess
title_fullStr Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess
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title_short Non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess
title_sort non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection presenting as a hepatic allograft abscess
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9969053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36860283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01722
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