Multifocal osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium szulgai in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Mycobacterium szulgai is a pathogenic organism that most frequently causes pulmonary infection and may rarely result in disseminated disease in immunocompromised individuals. We report a case of multifocal osteomyelitis and cutaneous lesions due to M. szulgai in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The successful treatment of multifocal osteomyelitis was accomplished using isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol.
Meyer
Jay J
JJ
University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, 4B319, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.
Gelman
Stephanie S
SS
D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D004977:Ethambutol; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin