Mycobacterium mucogenicum sepsis in an immunocompetent patient.
We report a case of Mycobacterium mucogenicum sepsis in an immunocompetent woman with Münchausen syndrome presenting with multiple abscesses.
Fonteyn
Nathalie
N
Microbiology Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, St-Luc Hospital, UCL/5490, Avenue Hippocrate, 54, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. nfonteyn@yahoo.fr
Wauters
Georges
G
Vandercam
Bernard
B
Degraux
Josiane
J
Avesani
Véronique
V
Vincent
Véronique
V
Delmée
Michel
M
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents