Septic cutaneous lesions caused by Mycobacterium malmoense in a patient with hairy cell leukemia.
Patients with hairy cell leukemia seem to be prone to infections with mycobacteria. This report describes a patient with hairy cell leukemia and pulmonary infection as well as disseminated cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium malmoense cultured from sputum and skin scrapings on Loewenstein-Jensen medium in eight weeks. Despite multiresistance of the causative strain, the infection was successfully treated with ethambutol, cycloserine and isoniazid.
Castor
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Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
Juhlin
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Henriques
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D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*