Disseminated Mycobacterium kansasii presenting with skin lesions in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
A patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia developed skin lesions from which Mycobacterium kansasii was cultured. The organism was also recovered from sputum cultures. Twenty-three additional cases of disseminated M kansasii infection are reviewed. This disease tends to occur in patients with altered immune response, and atypical histology of tissue specimens may delay diagnosis and treatment.
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology