title: Iatrogenic disseminated mycobacterium chelonei infection.
abstract: The case is presented of a patient who developed a disseminated infection caused by M. chelonei which arose from a fragment of intravascular polyethylene catheter that had been inserted six months earlier.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D011095:Polyethylenes
chemical_list: D011095:Polyethylenes