Mycobacterium gordonae pulmonary disease associated with a continuous positive airway pressure device.
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.
Assi
M A
MA
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Berg
J C
JC
Marshall
W F
WF
Wengenack
N L
NL
Patel
R
R
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