Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with disseminated Mycobacterium sherrisii infection.
Mycobacterium sherrisii is a recently described mycobacterium closely related to Mycobacterium simiae. There have been only a few reports of this organism causing disease, predominantly in the setting of HIV with severe immunosuppression. We report the first case of disseminated M. sherrisii associated with immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.
Division of Infectious Diseases, National University Hospital Singapore, University Medicine Cluster, 1E Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore. jho@gmp.usyd.edu.au
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Huggan
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Venkatachalam
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D054019:Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*