Skin tuberculosis with atypical mycobacteria 8 years after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation.
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.
Schmekal
Bernhard
B
Department of Medicine 2, General Hospital Linz, Austria.
Janko
Othmar
O
Zazgornik
Jan
J
Schinko
Herwig
H
Bogner
Stefan
S
Syre
Gehard
G
Biesenbach
Georg
G
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*