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.
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
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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*