title: Mycobacterium mucogenicum sepsis in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: We report a case of Mycobacterium mucogenicum sepsis in an immunocompetent woman with Münchausen syndrome presenting with multiple abscesses.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, St-Luc Hospital, UCL/5490, Avenue Hippocrate, 54, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. nfonteyn@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fonteyn
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wauters
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vandercam
authors.forename: Josiane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Degraux
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Avesani
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delmée
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents