Localized Mycobacterium genavense soft tissue infection in an immunodeficient HIV-negative patient.
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.
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Service de Médecine Interne B, Maladies Infectieuses, CHU Hôtel Dieu, Place Alexis Ricordeau, Nantes, France.
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Bemer-Melchior
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Ponge
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Raffi
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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