title: [Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection of a totally implanted perfusion device].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Catheter-related infection by non-tuberculous mycobacteria is rare but difficult to diagnose and the treatment is not standardized.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 64-year-old woman treated for lung cancer with intravenous chemotherapy developed an infection of her totally implanted perfusion device with Mycobacterium chelonae. The infection was cured after surgical removal of the device and treatment with oral clarithromycin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mycobacteria may infect vascular access devices. Rapid diagnosis of such infections allows early treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, CHI de Créteil, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94000 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frija-Masson
authors.affiliation: Service de bactériologie, CHI de Créteil, 94000 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aberrane
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, CHI de Créteil, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94000 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Monnet
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, CHI de Créteil, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94000 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jabot
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, CHI de Créteil, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94000 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Housset
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, CHI de Créteil, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94000 Créteil, France. Electronic address: gilles.mangiapan@chicreteil.fr.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mangiapan
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003428:Cross Infection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D017291:Clarithromycin
keywords: Cancer du poumon; Catheter-related infection; Dispositif d’accès vasculaire; Infection liée au cathéter; Lung cancer; Mycobacterium chelonae; Vascular access device