Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: case report and review of the literature.
Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections are rarely diagnosed in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. We describe a case of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex with gastrointestinal tract involvement in a HSCT recipient. We reviewed NTM infections among pediatric HSCT patients at our institution from 2000-2004 and identified 2 additional cases. Fourteen published case reports of NTM disease in children are reviewed.
Nicholson
Ouzama
O
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. on2014@columbia.edu
Feja
Kristina
K
LaRussa
Philip
P
George
Diane
D
Unal
Elif
E
Della Latta
Phyllis
P
Cairo
Mitchell
M
Saiman
Lisa
L
D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology