title: Mycobacterium gordonae pulmonary disease associated with a continuous positive airway pressure device.
abstract: There are no formal recommendations on the proper handling and decontamination of respiratory devices for home use. We describe the case of a kidney transplant recipient who developed Mycobacterium gordonae pneumonia transmitted by his continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Assi
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Wengenack
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000601:surgery; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification