title: Disseminated Mycobacterium lentiflavum responsible for hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis in a man with a history of heart transplantation.
abstract: Mycobacterium lentiflavum is a nontuberculous, slowly growing mycobacterium usually recognized as a contaminant. Here, we report a case of disseminated M. lentiflavum infection responsible for hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis in a heart-transplanted man.
authors.affiliation: Réanimation Détresses Respiratoires aiguës et Infections Sévères, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France guillemette.thomas@ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Réanimation Détresses Respiratoires aiguës et Infections Sévères, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hraiech
authors.affiliation: Réanimation Détresses Respiratoires aiguës et Infections Sévères, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dizier
authors.affiliation: Médecine Interne, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Weiller
authors.affiliation: Médecine Interne, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ene
authors.affiliation: Médecine Interne, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serratrice
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Anatomo-Pathologie, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Secq
authors.affiliation: Médecine Interne et gériatrie, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ambrosi
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS UMR7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
authors.affiliation: Réanimation Détresses Respiratoires aiguës et Infections Sévères, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roch
authors.affiliation: Réanimation Détresses Respiratoires aiguës et Infections Sévères, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Papazian
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D051359:Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*