Mycobacterium neoaurum bacteremia in a hemodialysis patient.
Bacteremia due to Mycobacterium neoaurum, a rapidly growing mycobacterium, is described in a diabetic woman on hemodialysis. This is the first reported case of M neoaurum bacteremia in Canada. The organism initially grew on standard BacT/Alert SA aerobic blood cultures, and was subsequently positively identified using 16S rRNA sequence analysis. The present case serves to reinforce the need for a high index of clinical suspicion of infections caused by unusual microorganisms in the context of an immunocompromised host.
Becker
Marissa L
ML
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
Suchak
Amar A
AA
Wolfe
Joyce N
JN
Zarychanski
Ryan
R
Kabani
Amin
A
Nicolle
Lindsay E
LE