Case of pyomyositis due to Mycobacterium haemophilum in a renal transplant recipient.
We report a case of pyomyositis due to Mycobacterium haemophilum in a renal transplant recipient. M. haemophilum was identified by PCR-mediated sequence analysis of the heat shock protein gene in the DNA of the specimen. The patient was successfully treated with repeated surgical debridement and prolonged antimycobacterial therapy.
Jang
Eun-Young
EY
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Songpa-Gu, Seoul, Korea.
Lee
Sang-Oh
SO
Choi
Seong-Ho
SH
Sung
Heungsup
H
Kim
Mi-Na
MN
Kim
Bum-Joon
BJ
Choi
Sang-Ho
SH
Kim
Yang Soo
YS
Woo
Jun Hee
JH
D000328:Adult; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D018833:Chaperonins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018393:Mycobacterium haemophilum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D052880:Pyomyositis / Q000209:etiology*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium; D018833:Chaperonins