title: Skin tuberculosis with atypical mycobacteria 8 years after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation.
abstract: We report on a Mycobacterium marinum infection in a diabetic woman 8 years after undergoing a combined pancreas-kidney transplantation. This is, to our knowledge, the first case report on an isolated skin infection with atypical mycobacteria after simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation. A genetic probe categorization revealed an infection with M. marinum. Skin tuberculosis caused by M. marinum is an uncommon complication in kidney or pancreas-kidney transplant recipients, hence the diagnosis can be delayed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine 2, General Hospital Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmekal
authors.forename: Othmar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Janko
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zazgornik
authors.forename: Herwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schinko
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bogner
authors.forename: Gehard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Syre
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biesenbach
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology*; D019910:Mycobacterium marinum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000382:microbiology*