title: A Novel Rapidly GrowingMycobacteriumSpecies Causing an Abdominal Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocyst Infection.
abstract: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are a rare cause of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections. We describe the isolation and identification of a novel, rapidly growing, nonpigmented NTM from an abdominal cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst. The patient presented with fevers, nausea, and abdominal pain and clinically improved after shunt removal. NTM identification was performed by amplicon and whole-genome sequencing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
authors.forename: Cory K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Environmental Microbiology Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Tom J B
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: de Man
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Environmental Microbiology Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Nadege C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Toney
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology , The Ohio State University , Columbus.
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamboj
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology , The Ohio State University , Columbus.
authors.forename: Joan-Miquel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Balada-Llasat
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
authors.forename: Shu-Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: Mycobacterium; abdominal; cerebrospinal; pseudocyst; ventriculoperitoneal