Disseminated Cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae Infection in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
We report a case of disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection in a patient who was treated with chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia. We discuss the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of this unusual infection in neutropenic patients.
Departments of Infectious Diseases.
Anna Helena
AH
Roukens
Dermatology.
Elodie J
EJ
Mendels
Hematology.
Nicolette L
NL
Verbeet
Hematology.
Peter A
PA
von dem Borne
Pathology.
Alina R
AR
Nicolae-Cristea
Medical Microbiology , Leiden University Medical Center , The Netherlands.
Robbert G
RG
Bentvelsen
Dermatology.
Remco
R
van Doorn
Departments of Infectious Diseases.
Mark G
MG
de Boer
Mycobacterium chelonae; acute myeloid leukemia; nontuberculous mycobacterium; skin