title: Localized Mycobacterium genavense soft tissue infection in an immunodeficient HIV-negative patient.
abstract: An HIV-negative woman with chronic lymphopenia related to past sarcoidosis situated in the bone marrow presented with an inflammatory lesion in the iliac region due to a localized Mycobacterium genavense soft tissue infection. The lesion resolved after 12 months of antibiotic therapy with clarithromycin, ethambutol and ciprofloxacin. The patient had no recurrence of the subcutaneous abscess during a follow-up period of 14 months after the end of the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne B, Maladies Infectieuses, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Place Alexis Ricordeau, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Léautez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boutoille
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bemer-Melchior
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ponge
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Raffi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008231:Lymphopenia / Q000150:complications*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology